COMPOSER
Shivkumar Sharma
1938 - 2022
Shivkumar Sharma
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 954,426 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Shivkumar Sharma is the 1,233rd most popular composer (down from 1,142nd in 2019).
Memorability Metrics
950k
Page Views (PV)
43.37
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
18
Languages Editions (L)
2.17
Effective Languages (L*)
3.33
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Page views of Shivkumar Sharmas by language
Among COMPOSERS
Among composers, Shivkumar Sharma ranks 1,233 out of 1,216. Before him are Virgil Thomson, Fartein Valen, Pascal Dusapin, Walter Susskind, Geirr Tveitt, and Lowell Mason. After him are Alexandre Levy, Jocelyn Pook, Christopher Young, Toshio Hosokawa, Georg Friedrich Haas, and David Raksin.
Most Popular Composers in Wikipedia
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Virgil Thomson
1896 - 1989
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 1,227
Fartein Valen
1887 - 1952
HPI: 43.56
Rank: 1,228
Pascal Dusapin
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.44
Rank: 1,229
Walter Susskind
1913 - 1980
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 1,230
Geirr Tveitt
1908 - 1981
HPI: 43.38
Rank: 1,231
Lowell Mason
1792 - 1872
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 1,232
Shivkumar Sharma
1938 - 2022
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 1,233
Alexandre Levy
1864 - 1892
HPI: 43.35
Rank: 1,234
Jocelyn Pook
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.33
Rank: 1,235
Christopher Young
1958 - Present
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 1,236
Toshio Hosokawa
1955 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 1,237
Georg Friedrich Haas
1953 - Present
HPI: 43.24
Rank: 1,238
David Raksin
1912 - 2004
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 1,239
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1938, Shivkumar Sharma ranks 444. Before him are Valentina Prudskova, Mark Rakita, Judy Blume, Boris Mayorov, Billy Mills, and Sheila Dikshit. After him are Spencer Dryden, Alfred Raoul, Eugene J. Martin, Armando Tobar, Shuji Tsurumi, and Geoff Murphy. Among people deceased in 2022, Shivkumar Sharma ranks 349. Before him are Charles Greene, Arnaldo Pambianco, Remco Campert, Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık, Galina Shamrai, and Nicholas Evans. After him are Alexandra Zabelina, Carlo Galli, Raymond Briggs, Robert Morse, Ri Yong-ho, and Pat Carroll.
Others Born in 1938
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Valentina Prudskova
1938 - 2020
HPI: 43.65
Rank: 438
Mark Rakita
1938 - Present
HPI: 43.58
Rank: 439
Judy Blume
1938 - Present
HPI: 43.55
Rank: 440
Boris Mayorov
1938 - Present
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 441
Billy Mills
1938 - Present
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 442
Sheila Dikshit
1938 - 2019
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 443
Shivkumar Sharma
1938 - 2022
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 444
Spencer Dryden
1938 - 2005
HPI: 43.28
Rank: 445
Alfred Raoul
1938 - 1999
HPI: 43.27
Rank: 446
Eugene J. Martin
1938 - 2005
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 447
Armando Tobar
1938 - 2016
HPI: 43.16
Rank: 448
Shuji Tsurumi
1938 - Present
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 449
Geoff Murphy
1938 - 2018
HPI: 42.86
Rank: 450
Others Deceased in 2022
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Charles Greene
1945 - 2022
HPI: 43.66
Rank: 343
Arnaldo Pambianco
1935 - 2022
HPI: 43.64
Rank: 344
Remco Campert
1929 - 2022
HPI: 43.53
Rank: 345
Ahmet Yılmaz Çalık
1994 - 2022
HPI: 43.52
Rank: 346
Galina Shamrai
1931 - 2022
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 347
Nicholas Evans
1950 - 2022
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 348
Shivkumar Sharma
1938 - 2022
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 349
Alexandra Zabelina
1937 - 2022
HPI: 43.30
Rank: 350
Carlo Galli
1931 - 2022
HPI: 43.18
Rank: 351
Raymond Briggs
1934 - 2022
HPI: 43.10
Rank: 352
Robert Morse
1931 - 2022
HPI: 43.05
Rank: 353
Ri Yong-ho
1956 - 2022
HPI: 42.96
Rank: 354
Pat Carroll
1927 - 2022
HPI: 42.83
Rank: 355
