1927 - Today
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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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.
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 325
1929 - 2019
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 326
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 327
1936 - 2021
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 328
1916 - 2002
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 329
1740 - 1795
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 330
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 331
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 332
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 333
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 334
1951 - Present
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 335
1952 - 2002
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 336
1917 - 1987
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 337
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.
1927 - 2016
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 84
1927 - 1986
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 85
1927 - 2008
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 86
1927 - 2007
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 87
1927 - 2016
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 88
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 89
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 90
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.65
Rank: 91
1927 - 1995
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 92
1927 - 1999
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 93
1927 - 1987
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 94
1927 - 2015
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 95
1927 - 2019
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 96
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).
1875 - 1900
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 166
102 BC - Present
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 167
1733 - 1757
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 168
1896 - 1995
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 169
1904 - 1994
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 170
1703 - 1762
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 171
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 172
1887 - 1963
HPI: 57.71
Rank: 173
600 - 650
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 174
300 BC - 148 BC
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 175
1675 - 1761
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 176
1896 - 1977
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 177
800 - Present
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 178
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).
1253 - 1325
HPI: 67.67
Rank: 1
1920 - 2012
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 2
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 3
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 4
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