# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ananda-shankar
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:27:42.104Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ananda-shankar"
name: "Ananda Shankar"
slug: "ananda-shankar"
description: "Ananda Shankar was an Indian sitar player, singer, and composer whose music blended Western and Eastern musical styles. He was married to dancer and choreographer Tanusree Shankar."
tagline: "Indian musician (1942–1999)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1942-12-11"
deathDate: "1999-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.63172133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1160316/"
    handle:    "nm1160316"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.anandashankar.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "اناندا شانكار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0_%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80"
    title: "Ананда Шанкар"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0"
    title: "আনন্দশঙ্কর"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Shankar"
    title: "Ananda Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Shankar"
    title: "Ananda Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Shankar"
    title: "Ananda Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Shankar"
    title: "Ananda Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Shankar"
    title: "Ananda Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%90%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0"
    title: "Шанкар, Ананда"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda_Shankar"
    title: "Ananda Shankar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%86%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4_%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "ஆனந்த சங்கர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%86%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A6_%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%95%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "ఆనంద శంకర్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%B4%D9%86%DA%A9%D8%B1"
    title: "آنند شنکر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d7064740-c3f6-4bc8-be8c-3f6e0e888ca1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2845323"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1661681"
    title: "Ananda Shankar"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump