Sureshbabu Mane (1902– 15 February 1953) was a prominent Hindustani classical music singer of Kirānā Gharānā in India. He was the son of a doyen of Kirana Gharana, Ustad Abdul Karim Khan.

Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar (29 December 1900 - 24 April 1942) was an exceptional Hindustani Classical, Semi-Classical and Natya-Sangeet Vocalist and Marathi theatre actor. He is popularly addressed as Master Deenanath Mangeshkar and better known as the father of great Mangeshkar sisters. His kids -Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Meena Khadikar and Usha Mangeshkar are of course the biggest names of Indian musical industry!

Pandit Omkarnath Thakur (24 June 1897 - 29 December 1967), his name often preceded by the title Pandit, was an influential Indian Educator, Musicologist and Hindustani Classical Vocalist. He is famously known as "Pranav Rang", his pen-name. A disciple of Classical Singer Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar of Gwalior Gharana, he became the principal of Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Lahore, and later went on become the first dean of the music faculty at Banaras Hindu University.

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Ustad Nasir Aminuddin Dagar (20 October 1923, Indore, India - 28 December 2000, Kolkata, India) was an Eminent Indian dhrupad singer in the dagar-vani style.

Vidushi Malabika Kanan (27 December 1930 - 17 February 2009) was a noted Hindustani Classical Vocalist. Her musical rendering of khyals was exceptional among the singers of that genre and her exposition of Bairagi and Desh in a rich voice was of special tonal quality.