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Shivkumar Sharma

1938 - 2022

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Pandit Shivkumar Sharma (13 January 1938 – 10 May 2022) was an Indian classical musician and santoor player who is credited with adapting the santoor for Indian classical music. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Shivkumar Sharma has received more than 1,007,264 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Shivkumar Sharma is the 1,090th most popular composer (up from 1,231st in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.65

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.71

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Shivkumar Sharma ranks 1,090 out of 1,451. Before him are Carter Burwell, Johann Nicolaus Bach, Raymond Scott, Julius Rietz, Jaromír Weinberger, and Heinrich Schenker. After him are Emil Hartmann, František Škroup, Karl Klindworth, Emil Młynarski, Arturo Márquez, and Klaus Badelt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Shivkumar Sharma ranks 358. Before him are Elke Erb, Betty Cuthbert, Prince Buster, Ahmet Ayık, François Heutte, and John du Pont. After him are Paul Morrissey, Tura Satana, Helen, Edda Moser, Aquilino Bocos Merino, and Bart Berman. Among people deceased in 2022, Shivkumar Sharma ranks 319. Before him are Rodri, Wilko Johnson, John Steiner, Rafael Chimishkyan, Michael Sela, and Yoshishige Yoshida. After him are Halyna Sevruk, Piero Angela, Mickey Kuhn, Julio Morales, Anton Tkáč, and Michel Subor.

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