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Hariharan

1955 - Today

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Hariharan Anantha Subramani (born 3 April 1955) is an Indian playback, bhajan and ghazal singer who predominantly sings in Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Kannada and Telugu languages. He has also sung over 15,000 notable songs in 10+ languages including Marathi, Sinhala, Maithili, Bhojpuri, Odia, Bengali, Sanskrit, Gujarati and English. He is an established ghazal singer and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. Hariharan is widely regarded as one of the greatest playback singers in Indian cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Hariharan is the 3,294th most popular singer (down from 3,042nd in 2024), the 1,289th most popular biography from India (down from 1,194th in 2019) and the 48th most popular Indian Singer.

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Among people born in 1955, Hariharan ranks 708. Before him are Evan Bayh, Penn Jillette, Ann Grant, Lusia Harris, Steve Wooddin, and Geraldine Brooks. After him are Rebecca Blank, John Baldacci, John H. Cox, Flip Saunders, Sanal Edamaruku, and Gail Neall.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hariharan ranks 1,289 out of 1,861. Before him are Honey Irani (1954), Gita Gopinath (1971), Bombay Jayashri (1950), Adil Hussain (1963), Rohit Sharma (1987), and Suhasini Maniratnam (1961). After him are Sanjay Mishra (1963), Pawan Kalyan (1971), Pankaj Mishra (1969), Navjot Singh Sidhu (1963), Neena Gupta (1959), and Ranjan Gogoi (1954).

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Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Hariharan ranks 48. Before him are Prabha Atre (1932), Daler Mehndi (1967), Sonu Nigam (1973), Reshma (1947), Ahmed Rushdi (1934), and KK (1968). After him are Gurdas Maan (1957), Jagjit Kaur (1930), Mamta Chandrakar (1958), White Town (1966), Sulakshana Pandit (1954), and Kaushiki Chakraborty (1980).

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