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Gangubai Hangal

1913 - 2009

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Gangubai Hangal (05 March 1913 – 21 July 2009) was an Indian singer of the khayal genre of Hindustani classical music from Karnataka, who was known for her deep and powerful voice. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gangubai Hangal has received more than 341,816 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Gangubai Hangal is the 1,025th most popular singer (up from 1,152nd in 2019), the 503rd most popular biography from India (up from 515th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Indian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Gangubai Hangal ranks 1,025 out of 4,381. Before her are Carlos Marín, Beth Hart, Billy Ocean, Pumpuang Duangjan, Michèle Torr, and Gordon Lightfoot. After her are Lee Hyori, Antonello Venditti, Franca Raimondi, Tatevik Sazandaryan, Paul Weller, and Bill Kaulitz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Gangubai Hangal ranks 203. Before her are Gheorghe Apostol, Julius Döpfner, Rudolf Noack, Vicente Calderón, Geraldine Fitzgerald, and Iosif Grigulevich. After her are Lilian Jackson Braun, Sándor Weöres, René Llense, Ad Reinhardt, Yakov Zak, and Eugene Lazowski. Among people deceased in 2009, Gangubai Hangal ranks 198. Before her are Paul Naschy, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, Lino Aldani, Jack Kramer, Knut Haugland, and Stéphanos II Ghattas. After her are Glenn Davis, Giacomo Bulgarelli, Helen Suzman, Monica Bleibtreu, José Luis López Vázquez, and Tullio Pinelli.

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In India

Among people born in India, Gangubai Hangal ranks 503 out of 1,861. Before her are Waheeda Rehman (1938), Keshub Chandra Sen (1838), Sunny Deol (1956), Surendranath Banerjee (1848), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), and Saalumarada Thimmakka (1911). After her are Dara Singh (1928), Azim Premji (1945), Saadat Hasan Manto (1912), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), K. Sivan (1957), and Meira Kumar (1945).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Gangubai Hangal ranks 12. Before her are Asha Bhosle (1933), Udit Narayan (1955), S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Jagjit Singh (1941), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), and Girija Devi (1929). After her are Kumar Sanu (1957), K. J. Yesudas (1940), Manna Dey (1919), Usha Mangeshkar (1935), Anuradha Paudwal (1954), and Ali Akbar Khan (1922).

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