1775 - 1835
Muthuswami Dikshitar (Mudduswamy Dikshitar) (IAST: muttusvāmi dīkṣitar, 24 March 1776 – 21 October 1835), mononymously Dikshitar, was a South Indian poet, singer and veena player, and a composer of Indian classical music, who is considered one of the musical trinity of Carnatic music. Muthuswami Dikshitar was born on 24 March 1775 in Tiruvarur near Thanjavur, in what is now the state of Tamil Nadu in India, to a family that is traditionally traced back to Virinichipuram in the northern boundaries of the state.His compositions, of which around 500 are known and are noted for their elaborate, poetic descriptions of Hindu gods / temples and for capturing the essence of the raga forms through the vainika (veena) style that emphasises gamakas. They are in a slower speed (chowka kala). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muthuswami Dikshitar has received more than 513,367 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Muthuswami Dikshitar is the 4,806th most popular writer (up from 5,029th in 2019), the 556th most popular biography from India (up from 629th in 2019) and the 87th most popular Indian Writer.
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Among writers, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 4,806 out of 5,755. Before him are Thea Beckman, Raghunath Murmu, Walter M. Miller Jr., William Harrison Ainsworth, Petr Bezruč, and Jan de Hartog. After him are Paul van Ostaijen, Jacob van Maerlant, Louise Penny, José Mármol, Charles Williams, and Archibald MacLeish.
1923 - 2004
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 4,800
1905 - 1982
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 4,801
1923 - 1996
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 4,802
1805 - 1882
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 4,803
1867 - 1958
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 4,804
1914 - 2002
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 4,805
1775 - 1835
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 4,806
1896 - 1928
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 4,807
1235 - 1300
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 4,808
1958 - Present
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 4,809
1817 - 1871
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 4,810
1886 - 1945
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 4,811
1892 - 1982
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 4,812
Among people born in 1775, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 44. Before him are Adolf Stieler, Thomas Girtin, Bhimsen Thapa, William Thompson, Walter Savage Landor, and Anna Harrison. After him are Carlo Porta, Francisco Ramón Vicuña, Laura Secord, Tenskwatawa, Rana Bahadur Shah, and James Barbour. Among people deceased in 1835, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 26. Before him are Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Leopoldo Nobili, Franz von Paula Schrank, Rain-in-the-Face, Ivan Martos, and Alexander McDonnell. After him are Thomas Hardwicke, Wenzel Müller, James Hogg, William Cobbett, and Gilbert Thomas Burnett.
1775 - 1836
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 38
1775 - 1802
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 39
1775 - 1839
HPI: 47.83
Rank: 40
1775 - 1833
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 41
1775 - 1864
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 42
1775 - 1864
HPI: 47.26
Rank: 43
1775 - 1835
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 44
1775 - 1821
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 45
1775 - 1849
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 46
1775 - 1868
HPI: 43.99
Rank: 47
1775 - 1836
HPI: 43.96
Rank: 48
1775 - 1806
HPI: 42.97
Rank: 49
1775 - 1842
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 50
1778 - 1835
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 20
1784 - 1835
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 21
1747 - 1835
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 22
1835 - 1835
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 23
1754 - 1835
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 24
1798 - 1835
HPI: 47.89
Rank: 25
1775 - 1835
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 26
1755 - 1835
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 27
1767 - 1835
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 28
1770 - 1835
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 29
1763 - 1835
HPI: 42.30
Rank: 30
1800 - 1835
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 31
Among people born in India, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 556 out of 1,493. Before him are Launceston Elliot (1874), Shrilal Shukla (1925), Devika Rani (1908), Asaf-ud-Daula (1748), Raghunath Murmu (1905), and Vijay Mallya (1955). After him are K. B. Hedgewar (1889), Arthur E. Kennelly (1861), Purushottam Das Tandon (1882), Girija Devi (1929), Jeetendra (1942), and Tim Severin (1940).
1874 - 1930
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 550
1925 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 551
1908 - 1994
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 552
1748 - 1797
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 553
1905 - 1982
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 554
1955 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 555
1775 - 1835
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 556
1889 - 1940
HPI: 45.87
Rank: 557
1861 - 1939
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 558
1882 - 1962
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 559
1929 - 2017
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 560
1942 - Present
HPI: 45.70
Rank: 561
1940 - 2020
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 562
Among writers born in India, Muthuswami Dikshitar ranks 87. Before him are Balamani Amma (1909), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Mamoni Raisom Goswami (1942), Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897), Shrilal Shukla (1925), and Raghunath Murmu (1905). After him are Ravindra Kelekar (1925), Cornelia Sorabji (1866), Amitav Ghosh (1956), Anita Desai (1937), Ismat Chughtai (1915), and Gurdial Singh (1933).
1909 - 2004
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 81
1927 - 2007
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 82
1942 - 2011
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 83
1897 - 1995
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 84
1925 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 85
1905 - 1982
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 86
1775 - 1835
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 87
1925 - 2010
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 88
1866 - 1954
HPI: 45.01
Rank: 89
1956 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 90
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 91
1915 - 1991
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 92
1933 - 2016
HPI: 44.12
Rank: 93