# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zakir-hussain-q144719
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:39:55.999Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zakir-hussain-q144719"
name: "Zakir Hussain"
slug: "zakir-hussain-q144719"
description: "Ustad Zakir Hussain Qureshi was an Indian tabla player, composer, arranger, percussionist, music producer and film actor who was based for much of his career in the San Francisco Bay Area. The eldest son of esteemed tabla player Alla Rakha, Zakir 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."
tagline: "Indian tabla player, musical producer, film actor, and composer (1951–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ustad_Zakir_Hussain_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1951-03-09"
deathDate: "2024-12-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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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