SINGER

Mohammed Rafi

1924 - 1980

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Mohammed Rafi (24 December 1924 – 31 July 1980) was an Indian playback singer. He is considered to have been one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Rafi was notable for his versatility and range of voice; his songs varied from fast peppy numbers to patriotic songs, sad numbers to highly romantic songs, qawwalis to ghazals and bhajans to classical songs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mohammed Rafi has received more than 5,901,455 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Mohammed Rafi is the 501st most popular singer (up from 535th in 2019), the 289th most popular biography from India (up from 291st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Indian Singer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.9M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 55.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 50

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Mohammed Rafi ranks 501 out of 4,381. Before him are Adolphe Nourrit, Halid Bešlić, Zaz, Freddy Quinn, Tim Staffell, and LP. After him are Michael Bolton, Don McLean, Haykanoush Danielyan, Selena, Cristina Deutekom, and Faustina Bordoni.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Mohammed Rafi ranks 136. Before him are József Zakariás, Lubomír Štrougal, Allan Edwall, E. P. Thompson, Machiko Kyō, and Chet Atkins. After him are Alime Abdenanova, George Mikan, Charles Bachman, Lefter Küçükandonyadis, Karlheinz Deschner, and Carlo Bergonzi. Among people deceased in 1980, Mohammed Rafi ranks 95. Before him are Bert Kaempfert, Valko Chervenkov, Dixie Dean, Francisco de Sá Carneiro, Rolf Nevanlinna, and Alexander Mach. After him are Sergey Taboritsky, Gabriel González Videla, William Tolbert, Marie Under, Elvira de Hidalgo, and Josias Braun-Blanquet.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mohammed Rafi ranks 289 out of 1,861. Before him are Shakuntala Devi (1929), Bismillah Khan (1916), Margaret Murray (1863), P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921), Alamgir II (1699), and Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897). After him are Madhava of Sangamagrama (1350), Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), Hyder Ali (1720), M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), Jaggi Vasudev (1957), and Mir Osman Ali Khan (1886).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Mohammed Rafi ranks 4. Before him are Lata Mangeshkar (1929), Engelbert Humperdinck (1936), and Kishore Kumar (1929). After him are M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), Asha Bhosle (1933), Udit Narayan (1955), S. P. Balasubrahmanyam (1946), Jagjit Singh (1941), Bhimsen Joshi (1922), Girija Devi (1929), and Gangubai Hangal (1913).

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