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Ram Narayan

1927 - Today

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Ram Narayan (IPA: [raːm naːˈɾaːjəɳ]; born 25 December 1927), often referred to with the title Pandit, is an Indian musician who popularised the bowed instrument sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music and became the first internationally successful sarangi player. Narayan was born near Udaipur and learned to play the sarangi at an early age. He studied under sarangi players and singers and, as a teenager, worked as a music teacher and travelling musician. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ram Narayan has received more than 284,474 page views. His biography is available in 77 different languages on Wikipedia. Ram Narayan is the 331st most popular musician (down from 305th in 2019), the 172nd most popular biography from India (down from 139th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Indian Musician.

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  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.72

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 77

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ram Narayan ranks 331 out of 2,662. Before him are Ry Cooder, André Previn, John Densmore, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Ray Conniff, and Carl Michael Bellman. After him are Nicko McBrain, Dave Murray, Robby Krieger, Gustavo Santaolalla, Joe Strummer, and Buddy Rich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Ram Narayan ranks 90. Before him are Thomas Luckmann, Gabdulkhay Akhatov, Eartha Kitt, Alan MacDiarmid, Claude Gensac, and Lee Grant. After him are Pierre Alechinsky, Günter Guillaume, Alfredo Kraus, Bob Fosse, Eldar Ryazanov, and Paul Badura-Skoda.

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In India

Among people born in India, Ram Narayan ranks 172 out of 1,493. Before him are Birsa Munda (1875), Vikramaditya (-102), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Morarji Desai (1896), Kuvempu (1904), and Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703). After him are Sivananda Saraswati (1887), Chandrakirti (600), Pushyamitra Shunga (-300), Tarabai (1675), A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), and Andal (800).

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Among MUSICIANS In India

Among musicians born in India, Ram Narayan ranks 5. Before him are Amir Khusrow (1253), Ravi Shankar (1920), Cliff Richard (1940), and Pete Best (1941). After him are Tansen (1493), Bismillah Khan (1916), Barry Hay (1948), Christian Zacharias (1950), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), and Trilok Gurtu (1951).

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