MUSICIAN

Ivan Král

1948 - 2020

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Ivan Kral (12 May 1948 – 2 February 2020) was a Czech-born American composer, filmmaker, guitarist, record producer, bassist, and singer-songwriter. He worked across genres including pop music, punk rock, garage rock, rock, jazz, soul, country and film scores. His music has been recorded by such artists as U2, Téléphone, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Simple Minds, and John Waite, among others. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Král has received more than 108,560 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Ivan Král is the 1,523rd most popular musician (down from 1,244th in 2019), the 665th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 537th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular Czech Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Ivan Králs by language

Over the past year Ivan Král has had the most page views in the with 23,352 views, followed by English (21,077), and Slovak (1,982). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Czech (76.29%), Persian (52.20%), and Catalan (24.00%)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ivan Král ranks 1,523 out of 3,175. Before him are Allen Collins, Maxim, Ziggy Marley, John Powell, Kenny Drew, and Michala Petri. After him are Bill Black, Nils Petter Molvær, Tim Bogert, Robin Trower, Nick Menza, and Hal David.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ivan Král ranks 501. Before him are Errol Brown, Charles Maung Bo, Glenn Branca, Richard Riehle, Damir Šolman, and Richard Masur. After him are Frank Lampard, Baldwin Spencer, László Bálint, Mohammad Mirmohammadi, Yi Munyeol, and Rudy Tomjanovich. Among people deceased in 2020, Ivan Král ranks 471. Before him are Nikolai Tanayev, Júlia Sigmond, István Kausz, Ahmed Radhi, Julio Anguita, and Ron Tauranac. After him are Diane di Prima, Shere Hite, Ben Bova, Tomisaku Kawasaki, Nelly Kaplan, and Mohammad Mirmohammadi.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ivan Král ranks 665 out of 1,200. Before him are Karel Hartmann (1885), Miroslav Kadlec (1964), Josef Jelínek (1941), Petr Bezruč (1867), Miroslav Votava (1956), and Jiří Feureisl (1931). After him are Oldřich Machač (1946), František Ondříček (1857), Břetislav Pojar (1923), Oldřich Lajsek (1925), Michal Bílek (1965), and Wenzel Müller (1767).

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Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Ivan Král ranks 22. Before him are Jakub Jan Ryba (1765), Rudolf Firkušný (1912), Jaromír Nohavica (1953), Karel Halíř (1859), Josef Labor (1842), and Alexander Dreyschock (1818). After him are František Ondříček (1857), Iva Bittová (1958), and Martina Bárta (1988).

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