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Zakir Hussain

1951 - 2024

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Zakir Hussain Qureshi (9 March 1951 – 15 December 2024) was an Indian tabla player, composer, arranger, percussionist, music producer and film actor. The eldest son of esteemed tabla player Alla Rakha, Hussain was widely regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation and one of its finest percussionists. He produced music across multiple genres and contributed to popularizing Indian classical music to a global audience. Often prefixed by the honorific title of 'Ustad', Hussain was awarded the United States National Endowment for the Arts' National Heritage Fellowship, the highest award given to traditional artists and musicians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Zakir Hussain is the 925th most popular composer (up from 1,154th in 2019), the 480th most popular biography from India (up from 609th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Zakir Hussain ranks 925 out of 1,451. Before him are Carl Schuricht, Jan Kalivoda, Ester Mägi, Nicola Fago, Ramin Djawadi, and Anthony van Hoboken. After him are Leopold Hofmann, Maximilian Steinberg, Antonio Bertali, Théodore Gouvy, Nicolas Slonimsky, and Antoine Brumel.

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Among people born in 1951, Zakir Hussain ranks 247. Before him are Zeudi Araya, Roscoe Tanner, Ona Zee, Philip Bailey, Christophe de Margerie, and Moriteru Ueshiba. After him are David Patrick Kelly, John McDonnell, Cheryl Ladd, Bob Gale, Sidney M. Gutierrez, and Vladimír Špidla. Among people deceased in 2024, Zakir Hussain ranks 248. Before him are Rachid Mekhloufi, Léon Semmeling, Robert Paul, Percy Adlon, Moacir Rodrigues Santos, and Christian Oliver. After him are Yehuda Bauer, Wayne Kramer, Günter Brus, Roy Haynes, Joe Engle, and Rolf Wolfshohl.

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In India

Among people born in India, Zakir Hussain ranks 480 out of 1,861. Before him are Bahubali (null), Rani Padmini (null), Shudraka (500), Balbir Singh Sr. (1923), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), and Charles Gmelin (1872). After him are Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar (1921), Shashi Kapoor (1938), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), Jai Singh II (1688), N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950), and Sonam Kapoor (1985).

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Among COMPOSERS In India

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

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