1938 - Today
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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Among musicians, Hariprasad Chaurasia ranks 1,275 out of 2,662. Before 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.
1944 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 1,269
1942 - 2019
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 1,270
1945 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 1,271
1979 - Present
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 1,272
1911 - 1985
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 1,273
1945 - 2020
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 1,274
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 1,275
1947 - Present
HPI: 46.98
Rank: 1,276
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 1,277
1978 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 1,278
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 1,279
1948 - 2009
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 1,280
1955 - 1991
HPI: 46.94
Rank: 1,281
Among people born in 1938, Hariprasad Chaurasia ranks 359. Before 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.
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 353
1938 - 1971
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 354
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 355
1938 - 2017
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 356
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.07
Rank: 357
1938 - 2008
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 358
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 359
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.96
Rank: 360
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 361
1938 - 1989
HPI: 46.86
Rank: 362
1938 - 1982
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 363
1938 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 364
1938 - 2021
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 365
Among people born in India, Hariprasad Chaurasia ranks 523 out of 1,493. Before 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).
1934 - 2018
HPI: 47.17
Rank: 517
1887 - 1972
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 518
1913 - 2009
HPI: 47.15
Rank: 519
1928 - 2012
HPI: 47.13
Rank: 520
1909 - 2004
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 521
1901 - 1953
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 522
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 523
1927 - 2007
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 524
1956 - Present
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 525
1973 - Present
HPI: 46.93
Rank: 526
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.89
Rank: 527
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 528
1952 - Present
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 529
Among musicians born in India, Hariprasad Chaurasia ranks 10. Before 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).
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 4
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 5
1493 - 1493
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 6
1916 - 2006
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 7
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.92
Rank: 8
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.58
Rank: 9
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.02
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 11
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 12
1966 - Present
HPI: 41.84
Rank: 13
1945 - Present
HPI: 40.69
Rank: 14
1930 - 2016
HPI: 40.28
Rank: 15
1927 - 2012
HPI: 40.10
Rank: 16