Ravi Shankar
Birthday: 1920-04-07
Deathday: 2012-12-11
Place of birth: Benares, Benares State, British India [now Uttar Pradesh, India]
Also known as: Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, Ravindra Shankar Chowdhury, Rabi Śaṃkar
imdb_id: nm0788170
Biography:
Ravi Shankar, whose name is often preceded by the title Pandit and "Sitar maestro", was an Indian musician and a composer of Hindustani classical music. He was the best-known proponent of the sitar in the second half of the 20th century and influenced many other musicians throughout the world.