# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vilayat-khan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:34:54.448Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vilayat-khan"
name: "Vilayat Khan"
slug: "vilayat-khan"
description: "Vilayat Khan was an Indian classical sitar player, considered by many to be the greatest sitarist of his age. Along with Imdad Khan, Enayat Khan, and Imrat Khan, he is credited with the creation and development of gayaki ang on the sitar."
tagline: "Indian musician (1928–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vilayat_Khan_2014_stampsheet_of_India_cr.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
birthDate: "1928-08-28"
deathDate: "2004-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.406113537117903
  historical:           15.073512
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump