1906 - 1985
Anton Karl Karas (7 July 1906 – 10 January 1985) was an Austrian zither player and composer, best known for his internationally famous 1948 soundtrack to Carol Reed's The Third Man. His association with the film came about as a result of a chance meeting with its director. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anton Karas has received more than 225,578 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Anton Karas is the 530th most popular musician (up from 556th in 2019), the 486th most popular biography from Austria (up from 495th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Austrian Musician.
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Among musicians, Anton Karas ranks 530 out of 2,662. Before her are Gerry Mulligan, Vince Clarke, Steve Howe, Marco Hietala, Jan Kubelík, and Tommy Lee. After her are Clive Burr, Alan Walker, Joe Pass, Shinichi Suzuki, Riccardo Cocciante, and Radu Lupu.
1927 - 1996
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 524
1960 - Present
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 525
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 526
1966 - Present
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 527
1880 - 1940
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 528
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 529
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 530
1957 - 2013
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 531
1997 - Present
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 532
1929 - 1994
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 533
1898 - 1998
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 534
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 535
1945 - 2022
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 536
Among people born in 1906, Anton Karas ranks 123. Before her are Piero Taruffi, Philo Farnsworth, Jean Dieudonné, Mary Astor, Princess Anne of Orléans, and Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar. After her are Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Vitaly Abalakov, Franz Waxman, Tuvia Bielski, Jacques Pills, and Yasuo Haruyama. Among people deceased in 1985, Anton Karas ranks 76. Before her are Edmond O'Brien, Vasyl Stus, Wolfgang Reitherman, Heinz Hoffmann, Afet İnan, and Theodore Sturgeon. After her are Vladimir Jankélévitch, Karl Menger, Tapio Wirkkala, Alfredo Foni, Lovro von Matačić, and Hermann Priess.
1906 - 1988
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 117
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 118
1906 - 1992
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 119
1906 - 1987
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 120
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 121
1906 - 1988
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 122
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 123
1906 - 1954
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 124
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 125
1906 - 1967
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 126
1906 - 1987
HPI: 54.31
Rank: 127
1906 - 1970
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 128
1906 - 1987
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 129
1915 - 1985
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 70
1938 - 1985
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 71
1909 - 1985
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 72
1910 - 1985
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 73
1908 - 1985
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 74
1918 - 1985
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 75
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 76
1903 - 1985
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 77
1902 - 1985
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 78
1915 - 1985
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 79
1911 - 1985
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 80
1899 - 1985
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 81
1901 - 1985
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 82
Among people born in Austria, Anton Karas ranks 486 out of 1,237. Before her are Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1759), Julius Raab (1891), Carlo Abarth (1908), Margaret of Austria, Electress of Saxony (1416), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1882), and Carl Zeller (1842). After her are Helmuth Koinigg (1948), Leopold Figl (1902), Johann Strauss III (1866), Victor Weisskopf (1908), Erich von Tschermak (1871), and Anna Mahler (1904).
1759 - 1805
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 480
1891 - 1964
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 481
1908 - 1979
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 482
1416 - 1486
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 483
1882 - 1940
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 484
1842 - 1898
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 485
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 486
1948 - 1974
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 487
1902 - 1965
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 488
1866 - 1939
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 489
1908 - 2002
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 490
1871 - 1962
HPI: 54.48
Rank: 491
1904 - 1988
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 492
Among musicians born in Austria, Anton Karas ranks 15. Before her are Joe Zawinul (1932), Paul Wittgenstein (1887), Friedrich Gulda (1930), Willi Boskovsky (1909), Paul Badura-Skoda (1927), and Henri Herz (1803). After her are Jörg Demus (1928), Ingrid Haebler (1926), Wolfgang Schneiderhan (1915), Ignaz von Seyfried (1776), Parov Stelar (1974), and Joseph Woelfl (1773).
1932 - 2007
HPI: 59.46
Rank: 9
1887 - 1961
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 10
1930 - 2000
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 11
1909 - 1991
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 12
1927 - 2019
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 13
1803 - 1888
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 14
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 15
1928 - 2019
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 16
1926 - 2023
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 17
1915 - 2002
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 18
1776 - 1841
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 19
1974 - Present
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 20
1773 - 1812
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 21