Benares, Benares State, British India [now Uttar Pradesh, India] | 1920-04-07 | 2012-12-11

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.