1493 - 1493
Tansen (c. 1493/1500 – 26 April 1589), also referred to as Miyan Tan Sen or Ramtanu Pande, was a prominent figure of Hindustani classical music. Born in a Hindu Gaur brahmin family, he learnt and perfected his art in the northwest region of modern Madhya Pradesh. He began his career and spent most of his adult life in the court and patronage of the Hindu king of Rewa, Raja Ramchandra Singh (r.1555–1592), where Tansen's musical abilities and studies gained widespread fame. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tansen has received more than 1,517,618 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia. Tansen is the 438th most popular musician (down from 402nd in 2019), the 186th most popular biography from India (down from 180th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Musician.
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Among musicians, Tansen ranks 438 out of 2,675. Before him are Grace Slick, Donovan, Glenn Tipton, Franco Battiato, Gerry Mulligan, and Peter Schreier. After him are Dee Dee Ramone, Grigory Sokolov, Flea, Randy Rhoads, Jason Newsted, and Bronisław Huberman.
1939 - Present
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 432
1946 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 433
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.06
Rank: 434
1945 - Present
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 435
1927 - 1996
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 436
1935 - 2019
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 437
1493 - 1493
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 438
1951 - 2002
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 439
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 440
1962 - Present
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 441
1956 - 1982
HPI: 65.99
Rank: 442
1963 - Present
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 443
1882 - 1947
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 444
Among people born in 1493, Tansen ranks 8. Before him are Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Anne de Montmorency, Maximilian Sforza, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Sten Sture the Younger, and Olaus Petri. After him are Nicolaus Olahus, Yamamoto Kansuke, Clarice de' Medici, and Justus Jonas. Among people deceased in 1493, Tansen ranks 4. Before him are Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor, Topa Inca Yupanqui, and Martín Alonso Pinzón. After him is Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara.
1493 - 1536
HPI: 82.24
Rank: 2
1493 - 1567
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 3
1493 - 1530
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 4
1493 - 1550
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 5
1493 - 1520
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 6
1493 - 1552
HPI: 66.76
Rank: 7
1493 - 1493
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 8
1493 - 1568
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 9
1493 - 1561
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 10
1493 - 1528
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 11
1493 - 1555
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 12
1415 - 1493
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 1
1441 - 1493
HPI: 70.17
Rank: 2
1441 - 1493
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 3
1493 - 1493
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 4
1450 - 1493
HPI: 63.66
Rank: 5
Among people born in India, Tansen ranks 186 out of 1,227. Before him are Meher Baba (1894), Vandana Shiva (1952), Madhvacharya (1199), Siraj ud-Daulah (1733), Lakshmi Mittal (1950), and Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621). After him are Mithun Chakraborty (1950), Amrish Puri (1932), Guru Angad (1504), Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (1942), Birbal (1528), and Mahadevi Varma (1907).
1894 - 1969
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 180
1952 - Present
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 181
1199 - 1278
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 182
1733 - 1757
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 183
1950 - Present
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 184
1621 - 1675
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 185
1493 - 1493
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 186
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.97
Rank: 187
1932 - 2005
HPI: 65.96
Rank: 188
1504 - 1552
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 189
1942 - Present
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 190
1528 - 1586
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 191
1907 - 1987
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 192
Among musicians born in India, Tansen ranks 6. Before him are Amir Khusrow (1253), Cliff Richard (1940), Ravi Shankar (1920), Pete Best (1941), and Ram Narayan (1927). After him are Bismillah Khan (1916), Christian Zacharias (1950), Barry Hay (1948), Hariprasad Chaurasia (1938), Ilaiyaraaja (1943), and Mehdi Hassan (1927).
1253 - 1325
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 1
1940 - Present
HPI: 72.78
Rank: 2
1920 - 2012
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 3
1941 - Present
HPI: 72.36
Rank: 4
1927 - Present
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 5
1493 - 1493
HPI: 66.03
Rank: 6
1916 - 2006
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 7
1950 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 8
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 9
1938 - Present
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 10
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.93
Rank: 11
1927 - 2012
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 12