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MUSICIAN

Naushad

1919 - 2006

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Naushad Ali (25 December 1919 – 5 May 2006) was an Indian composer for Hindi films. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest and foremost music directors of the Hindi film industry. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Naushad has received more than 772,793 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Naushad is the 2,282nd most popular musician (down from 2,070th in 2019), the 834th most popular biography from India (down from 744th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Indian Musician.

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  • 770k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 37.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.25

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Naushad ranks 2,282 out of 2,662. Before him are Jónsi, Hughie Thomasson, David Lovering, Lisa Batiashvili, Till Brönner, and K'naan. After him are Joey Baron, Guthrie Govan, Naomi Munakata, Evelyn Glennie, Show Lo, and Nigel Olsson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Naushad ranks 309. Before him are Jack McGrath, Johnny Carey, John Houbolt, Isabella Abbott, Walt Hansgen, and Ellen Stewart. After him are George Avakian, Gretchen Fraser, Jayne Meadows, Mary Beth Hughes, Shamshad Begum, and Janet Waldo. Among people deceased in 2006, Naushad ranks 349. Before him are Geir Ivarsøy, Ken Fletcher, Brian Labone, Gennadiy Tsygankov, Stanley Kunitz, and John Spencer. After him are Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Nandini Satpathy, Irving Kaplansky, Shekhar Mehta, Ed Bradley, and Noor Hassanali.

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In India

Among people born in India, Naushad ranks 834 out of 1,493. Before him are Mandakini (1963), Joseph Parecattil (1912), Vani Jairam (1945), P. Chidambaram (1945), Rahat Indori (1950), and Norman Pritchard (1877). After him are Sania Mirza (1986), Sonal Mansingh (1944), Virat Kohli (1988), Aruna Roy (1946), Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), and N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Naushad ranks 18. Before him are Trilok Gurtu (1951), A. R. Rahman (1966), Amjad Ali Khan (1945), M. Balamuralikrishna (1930), Mehdi Hassan (1927), and Salil Chowdhury (1925). After him are Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927), K. S. Chithra (1963), U. Srinivas (1969), and Amit Trivedi (1979).

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