MUSICIAN

S. D. Burman

1906 - 1975

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Sachin Dev Burman (1 October 1906 – 31 October 1975) was an Indian music director and singer. He was a member of the Tripura royal family, but his father was excluded from the throne. He started his career with Bengali films in 1937. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of S. D. Burman has received more than 1,553,138 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). S. D. Burman is the 886th most popular musician (up from 1,029th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 21st in 2019) and the most popular Bangladeshi Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.33

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.66

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, S. D. Burman ranks 886 out of 3,175Before him are John Norum, Ray Brown, James Burton, Gustavo Cerati, Doug Clifford, and Paco Ibáñez. After him are Maceo Parker, Fatboy Slim, Scott Bradley, Benny Carter, Charlie Christian, and Kyung Wha Chung.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, S. D. Burman ranks 190Before him are Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov, John D. Rockefeller III, Friz Freleng, Alex Thépot, Igor Moiseyev, and Paolo Pedretti. After him are Princess Vera Constantinovna of Russia, Juan Carlos Calvo, Max August Zorn, Charles Malik, Renate Müller, and Walter Legge. Among people deceased in 1975, S. D. Burman ranks 124Before him are José María Guido, Aníbal Troilo, Anthony McAuliffe, Luigi Carlo Borromeo, Georges Carpentier, and Andrés Mazali. After him are Barbara Hepworth, Doria Shafik, Max Lorenz, Richard Ratsimandrava, Louis Van Hege, and Clyde Tolson.

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In Bangladesh

Among people born in Bangladesh, S. D. Burman ranks 25 out of 74Before him are Bipin Chandra Pal (1858), Matsyendranatha (901), Tajuddin Ahmad (1925), Mahasweta Devi (1926), Shahabuddin Ahmed (1930), and Radhabinod Pal (1886). After him are Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad (1918), Patrick D'Rozario (1943), Mrinal Sen (1923), A. K. Fazlul Huq (1873), Fakhruddin Ahmed (1940), and Ritwik Ghatak (1925).

Among MUSICIANS In Bangladesh

Among musicians born in Bangladesh, S. D. Burman ranks 1After him are Allauddin Khan (1881), and Vilayat Khan (1928).