1943 - Today
Ilaiyaraaja (born R. Gnanathesikan, 3 June 1943) is an Indian musician, composer, arranger, conductor, orchestrator, multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and singer, popular for his works in Indian cinema, prominently in Tamil films. Reputed to be one of the most prolific composers in a career spanning over forty-seven years, he has composed over 7,000 songs and provided film scores for over 1,000 films, apart from performing in over 20,000 concerts. He is nicknamed "Isaignani" (the musical sage) and often referred to as "Maestro", the title conferred by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London.Ilaiyaraaja was also one of the earliest Indian film composers to use Western classical music harmonies and string arrangements in Indian film music, and the first South Asian to compose a full symphony. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilaiyaraaja has received more than 7,326,052 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Ilaiyaraaja is the 1,508th most popular musician (up from 1,651st in 2019), the 589th most popular biography from India (up from 603rd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Indian Musician.
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Among musicians, Ilaiyaraaja ranks 1,508 out of 2,662. Before him are Masaharu Fukuyama, Aynsley Dunbar, Kiko Loureiro, Shantel, Bret Michaels, and Gotye. After him are Slim Harpo, Rick Danko, Joe South, Simon Gallup, Horace Andy, and John Ogdon.
1969 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 1,502
1946 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 1,503
1972 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 1,504
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 1,505
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 1,506
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 1,507
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 1,508
1924 - 1970
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 1,509
1943 - 1999
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 1,510
1940 - 2012
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 1,511
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 1,512
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 1,513
1937 - 1989
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 1,514
Among people born in 1943, Ilaiyaraaja ranks 465. Before him are Tony Esposito, Ron Geesin, Bernd Patzke, Tanuja, Jimmy Hart, and Xaviera Hollander. After him are Daniel Robin, Rick Danko, William Chittick, Butler Lampson, Arnaldo Cézar Coelho, and Androulla Vassiliou.
1943 - 2021
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 459
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 460
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.33
Rank: 461
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 462
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 463
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 464
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 465
1943 - 2018
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 466
1943 - 1999
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 467
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 468
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 469
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 470
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 471
Among people born in India, Ilaiyaraaja ranks 589 out of 1,493. Before him are Manna Dey (1919), Mahboob Ali Khan (1866), John Shepherd-Barron (1925), Kareena Kapoor (1980), Usha Mangeshkar (1935), and Lobsang Sangay (1968). After him are Parveen Babi (1949), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), Kamal Haasan (1954), Freida Pinto (1984), Joseph Coutts (1945), and Tiger Shroff (1990).
1919 - 2013
HPI: 45.15
Rank: 583
1866 - 1911
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 584
1925 - 2010
HPI: 45.10
Rank: 585
1980 - Present
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 586
1935 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 587
1968 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 588
1943 - Present
HPI: 45.03
Rank: 589
1949 - 2005
HPI: 45.02
Rank: 590
1866 - 1954
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 591
1954 - Present
HPI: 45.00
Rank: 592
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 593
1945 - Present
HPI: 44.97
Rank: 594
1990 - Present
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 595
Among musicians born in India, Ilaiyaraaja ranks 11. Before him are Ram Narayan (1927), Tansen (1493), Bismillah Khan (1916), Barry Hay (1948), Christian Zacharias (1950), and Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938). After him are Trilok Gurtu (1951), A. R. Rahman (1966), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Mehdi Hassan (1927), and Salil Chowdhury (1925).
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
1925 - 1995
HPI: 39.32
Rank: 17