SINGER

Jagjit Kaur

1930 - 2021

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Jagjit Kaur (May 1930 – 15 August 2021) was an Indian Hindi/Urdu singer and was married to the music director, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Jagjit Kaur is the 3,538th most popular singer (down from 2,993rd in 2024), the 1,343rd most popular biography from India (down from 1,182nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular Indian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Jagjit Kaur ranks 3,538 out of 4,381Before her are Tooji, Luke Steele, Pomme, Zhou Shen, Siobhán Donaghy, and Rex Orange County. After her are Carl Espen, Julia Lezhneva, Rahzel, Guy Sebastian, Roberto Bellarosa, and Eunha.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Jagjit Kaur ranks 650Before her are Joni James, Cathryn Damon, Terry Nation, Lawton Chiles, Carlos Loyzaga, and Kenny Ball. After her are Richie Benaud, Andreas Makris, and William Bender. Among people deceased in 2021, Jagjit Kaur ranks 738Before her are Edwin Edwards, Markis Kido, Todd Akin, Diána Igaly, Abdalelah Haroun, and Ted Nash. After her are Andrea Haugen, Leopoldo Serantes, Luton Shelton, Ali Sadpara, Eric Wagner, and Miguel Miranda.

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In India

Among people born in India, Jagjit Kaur ranks 1,343 out of 1,861Before her are Kritika Kamra (1988), Gurdas Maan (1957), Rahul Dravid (1973), Mahesh Bhupathi (1974), Triptii Dimri (1994), and Prakash Jha (1952). After her are Protima Bedi (1948), Gadis Arivia (1964), Ronit Roy (1965), Mohammed Shahid (1960), Bajrang Punia (1994), and Ramya Krishnan (1970).

Among SINGERS In India

Among singers born in India, Jagjit Kaur ranks 50Before her are Sonu Nigam (1973), Reshma (1947), Ahmed Rushdi (1934), KK (1968), Hariharan (1955), and Gurdas Maan (1957). After her are Mamta Chandrakar (1958), White Town (1966), Sulakshana Pandit (1954), Kaushiki Chakraborty (1980), Abhijeet Bhattacharya (1958), and Shankar Mahadevan (1967).