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Zakir Hussain

1951 - 2024

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Zakir Hussain Allarakha Qureshi (9 March 1951 – 15 December 2024) was an Indian tabla player, composer, percussionist, music producer, and film actor. Widely regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation and one of the greatest percussionists of all time, he was known for bringing Indian classical music to a global audience. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zakir Hussain has received more than 91,129 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Zakir Hussain is the 1,154th most popular composer (up from 1,176th in 2019), the 609th most popular biography from India (down from 563rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Composer.

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  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.06

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  • 4.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Zakir Hussain ranks 1,154 out of 1,451. Before him are Manolis Kalomiris, Cristóbal Halffter, Frank Churchill, Jānis Ivanovs, Gunther Schuller, and José Vianna da Motta. After him are Vladimir Shainsky, Leigh Harline, Robert Planquette, Thomas Morley, Paul Whiteman, and Vano Muradeli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Zakir Hussain ranks 336. Before him are Debra Jo Rupp, Heinrich Schiff, Anatoly Alyabyev, Giovanni Battaglin, V. S. Ramachandran, and Björn Andersson. After him are Joe R. Lansdale, Leonid Tibilov, Patti D'Arbanville, Mario Boljat, Peter Withe, and Mario Delpini. Among people deceased in 2024, Zakir Hussain ranks 295. Before him are Luis Ayala, Ahmed Mohamed Mohamoud, Wayne Kramer, Gary Graham, Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, and Aleksandr Baryshnikov. After him are Takayuki Kubota, Mario Boljat, Bill Walton, James C. Scott, Yehuda Bauer, and Jean-Claude Gaudin.

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In India

Among people born in India, Zakir Hussain ranks 609 out of 1,861. Before him are V. S. Ramachandran (1951), Mumtaz (1947), Prakash Raj (1965), C. N. R. Rao (1934), Bachendri Pal (1954), and Randhir Kapoor (1947). After him are Aruna Irani (1946), Sachin Tendulkar (1973), Purushottam Das Tandon (1882), Qurratulain Hyder (1927), Roberto de Nobili (1577), and Arati Saha (1940).

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Among COMPOSERS In India

Among composers born in India, Zakir Hussain ranks 2. Before him are Tyagaraja (1767). After him are R. D. Burman (1939), Anu Malik (1960), Bombay Jayashri (1950), Kailash Kher (1973), Aadesh Shrivastava (1964), Pritam (1971), Yo Yo Honey Singh (1983), and Anirudh Ravichander (1990).

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