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MUSICIAN

Hariprasad Chaurasia

1938 - Today

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Hariprasad Chaurasia (born 1 July 1938) is an Indian music director and classical flautist, who plays the bansuri, in the Hindustani classical tradition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hariprasad Chaurasia has received more than 1,247,458 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Hariprasad Chaurasia is the 1,275th most popular musician (up from 1,359th in 2019), the 523rd most popular biography from India (down from 509th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Musician.

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  • 1.2M

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  • 47.02

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Hariprasad Chaurasia ranks 1,275 out of 2,662Before him are Monty Alexander, Peter Tork, Randy Brecker, Jay Chou, Jo Jones, and Leslie West. After him are Richard Palmer-James, Gackt, Jukka Nevalainen, Max Martin, Ron Asheton, and Ole Beich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Hariprasad Chaurasia ranks 359Before him are Rolf Wolfshohl, Nikola Kotkov, Gavino Ledda, Kito Lorenc, Jay Garner, and Gary Gygax. After him are Fred Williamson, Giorgia Moll, Franco Luambo, Victor Buono, Aquilino Bocos Merino, and Yevgeny Nesterenko.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hariprasad Chaurasia ranks 523 out of 1,493Before him are Kedarnath Singh (1934), Jamini Roy (1887), Gangubai Hangal (1913), Dara Singh (1928), Balamani Amma (1909), and Syama Prasad Mukherjee (1901). After him are Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Sunny Deol (1956), Sachin Tendulkar (1973), Akshay Kumar (1967), Mamata Banerjee (1955), and Erick Avari (1952).

Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Hariprasad Chaurasia ranks 10Before him are Pete Best (1941), Ram Narayan (1927), Tansen (1493), Bismillah Khan (1916), Barry Hay (1948), and Christian Zacharias (1950). After him are Ilaiyaraaja (1943), Trilok Gurtu (1951), A. R. Rahman (1966), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), and Mehdi Hassan (1927).