Most Famous Indian Musicians
India has produced 156 notable musicians throughout history, led by Ravi Shankar. Rankings are drawn from a cross-verified academic dataset of 152,953 people.
Category All
Citizenship All
RS
Ravi Shankar Indian Composer 1920 – 2012
#
924
AR
A. R. Rahman Indian Composer Born 1966
#
1,477
KK
Kishore Kumar Indian Singer 1929 – 1987
#
10,403
SG
Shreya Ghoshal Indian Singer Born 1984
#
15,905
MR
Mohammed Rafi Indian Singer 1924 – 1980
#
16,272
BK
Bismillah Khan Indian Music 1916 – 2006
#
17,147
AK
Ashok Kumar Indian Singer 1911 – 2001
#
24,773
RN
Ram Narayan Indian Music Born 1927
#
24,985
R(
Rajkumar (actor) Indian Singer 1929 – 2006
#
26,693
AA
Ali Akbar Khan Indian Composer 1922 – 2009
#
30,592
SD
S. D. Burman Indian Composer 1906 – 1975
#
32,173
AS
Arijit Singh Indian Singer Born 1987
#
39,872
KK
Kailash Kher Indian Singer Born 1973
#
43,628
KJ
K. J. Yesudas Indian Singer Born 1940
#
46,358
AR
Alla Rakha Indian Composer 1919 – 2000
#
56,027
RS
Ramprasad Sen Indian Singer 1718 – 1775
#
59,560
VK
Vilayat Khan Indian Music 1928 – 2004
#
61,405
VM
Vishwa Mohan Bhatt Indian Music Born 1950
#
62,277
US
U. Srinivas Indian Composer 1969 – 2014
#
64,337
GH
Gangubai Hangal Indian Singer 1913 – 2009
#
70,953