1493 - 1493
Ramtanu Pandey (c. 1493/1500 – 26 April 1589), popularly referred to as Mian Tansen (lit. 'the Learned One'), or Sangeet Samrat (lit. 'Monarch of Hindustani Music'), was a Hindustani classical musician. Born into 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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tansen has received more than 1,888,716 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Tansen is the 448th most popular musician (down from 438th in 2019), the 228th most popular biography from India (down from 186th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Indian Musician.
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Among musicians, Tansen ranks 448 out of 2,662. Before him are Dexter Gordon, Armin van Buuren, Maurice André, Edwin Fischer, Rubén González, and Robert Wyatt. After him are Richie Sambora, Jacob Gade, Billy Ray Cyrus, Loreena McKennitt, King Oliver, and Dick Taylor.
1923 - 1990
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 442
1976 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 443
1933 - 2012
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 444
1886 - 1960
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 445
1919 - 2003
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 446
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 447
1493 - 1493
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 448
1959 - Present
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 449
1879 - 1963
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 450
1961 - Present
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 451
1957 - Present
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 452
1881 - 1938
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 453
1943 - Present
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 454
Among people born in 1493, Tansen ranks 8. Before him are Pargalı Ibrahim Pasha, Maximilian Sforza, Anne de Montmorency, William IV, Duke of Bavaria, Sten Sture the Younger, and Olaus Petri. After him are Yamamoto Kansuke, Eleonora Gonzaga, Duchess of Urbino, Clarice de' Medici, Nicolaus Olahus, 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: 77.95
Rank: 2
1493 - 1530
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 3
1493 - 1567
HPI: 61.98
Rank: 4
1493 - 1550
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 5
1493 - 1520
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 6
1493 - 1552
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 7
1493 - 1493
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 8
1493 - 1561
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 9
1493 - 1570
HPI: 54.93
Rank: 10
1493 - 1528
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 11
1493 - 1568
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 12
1493 - 1555
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 13
1415 - 1493
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 1
1441 - 1493
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 2
1441 - 1493
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 3
1493 - 1493
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 4
1450 - 1493
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 5
Among people born in India, Tansen ranks 228 out of 1,493. Before him are Tilopa (928), Rajaraja I (947), Hemachandra (1089), Jamsetji Tata (1839), Khaleda Zia (1945), and Shankar Dayal Sharma (1918). After him are George Alencherry (1945), Inayat Khan (1882), Meher Baba (1894), Charan Singh (1902), Guru Angad (1504), and Ramaswamy Venkataraman (1910).
928 - 1009
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 222
947 - 1014
HPI: 55.88
Rank: 223
1089 - 1172
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 224
1839 - 1904
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 225
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 226
1918 - 1999
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 227
1493 - 1493
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 228
1945 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 229
1882 - 1927
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 230
1894 - 1969
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 231
1902 - 1987
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 232
1504 - 1552
HPI: 55.52
Rank: 233
1910 - 2009
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 234
Among musicians born in India, Tansen ranks 6. Before him are Amir Khusrow (1253), Ravi Shankar (1920), Cliff Richard (1940), Pete Best (1941), and Ram Narayan (1927). After him are 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