1928 - 2004
Ustad Vilayat Khan (28 August 1928[1] – 13 March 2004) was an Indian classical sitar player, considered by many to be the greatest sitarist of his age. Along with Imdad Khan, Enayat Khan, and Imrat Khan, he is credited with the creation and development of gayaki ang (a technique that emulates the vocal melisma of Hindustani classical music) on the sitar. He recorded his first 78-RPM disc at the age of and gave his last concert in 2004 at the age of 75. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vilayat Khan has received more than 365,770 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Vilayat Khan is the 1,844th most popular musician (up from 1,974th in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Bangladesh (down from 38th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bangladeshi Musician.
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Among musicians, Vilayat Khan ranks 1,844 out of 2,662. Before him are Yuja Wang, Roy Bittan, Roger Miller, Jeremy Spencer, Merle Travis, and Edwin Hawkins. After him are Bang Chan, Richie Kotzen, Steve Rothery, Danny Carey, Rod Temperton, and Joe Lovano.
1987 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 1,838
1949 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 1,839
1936 - 1992
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 1,840
1948 - Present
HPI: 42.29
Rank: 1,841
1917 - 1983
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 1,842
1943 - 2018
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 1,843
1928 - 2004
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 1,844
1997 - Present
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 1,845
1970 - Present
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 1,846
1959 - Present
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 1,847
1961 - Present
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 1,848
1949 - 2016
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 1,849
1952 - Present
HPI: 42.22
Rank: 1,850
Among people born in 1928, Vilayat Khan ranks 450. Before him are Nina Otkalenko, Douglas Rain, Jean E. Sammet, Buddy Van Horn, Kanu Sanyal, and Russell Mockridge. After him are Robert Byrne, René Vautier, Vanessa Brown, Jerry Bock, Udham Singh, and Clu Gulager. Among people deceased in 2004, Vilayat Khan ranks 252. Before him are Robert Pastorelli, Raja Ramanna, Shirley Strickland, Alexey Korneyev, Lennart Strand, and Julius Sang. After him are Mulk Raj Anand, Jacek Kaczmarski, Nirupa Roy, Robert Bacher, Bill Pickering, and Alan King.
1928 - 2015
HPI: 42.54
Rank: 444
1928 - 2018
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 445
1928 - 2017
HPI: 42.41
Rank: 446
1928 - 2021
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 447
1928 - 2010
HPI: 42.37
Rank: 448
1928 - 1958
HPI: 42.27
Rank: 449
1928 - 2004
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 450
1928 - 2013
HPI: 42.25
Rank: 451
1928 - 2015
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 452
1928 - 1999
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 453
1928 - 2010
HPI: 42.16
Rank: 454
1928 - 2000
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 455
1928 - 2022
HPI: 42.10
Rank: 456
1954 - 2004
HPI: 42.91
Rank: 246
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 247
1925 - 2004
HPI: 42.88
Rank: 248
1939 - 2004
HPI: 42.62
Rank: 249
1921 - 2004
HPI: 42.58
Rank: 250
1946 - 2004
HPI: 42.39
Rank: 251
1928 - 2004
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 252
1905 - 2004
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 253
1957 - 2004
HPI: 42.23
Rank: 254
1931 - 2004
HPI: 42.15
Rank: 255
1905 - 2004
HPI: 42.12
Rank: 256
1910 - 2004
HPI: 41.80
Rank: 257
1927 - 2004
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 258
Among people born in Bangladesh, Vilayat Khan ranks 45 out of 57. Before him are Pritilata Waddedar (1911), Moudud Ahmed (1940), Patrick D'Rozario (1943), Mohammad Ali Bogra (1909), Utpal Dutt (1929), and Mohammad Mohammadullah (1921). After him are Geeta Dutt (1930), Bimal Roy (1909), Irene Khan (1956), Runa Laila (1952), A. B. Bardhan (1924), and Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury (1966).
1911 - 1932
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 39
1940 - 2021
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 40
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 41
1909 - 1963
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 42
1929 - 1993
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 43
1921 - 1999
HPI: 44.15
Rank: 44
1928 - 2004
HPI: 42.26
Rank: 45
1930 - 1972
HPI: 41.56
Rank: 46
1909 - 1966
HPI: 39.90
Rank: 47
1956 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 48
1952 - Present
HPI: 38.98
Rank: 49
1924 - 2016
HPI: 37.06
Rank: 50
1966 - Present
HPI: 35.79
Rank: 51
Among musicians born in Bangladesh, Vilayat Khan ranks 2. Before him are S. D. Burman (1906).