1960 - Today
Charles Frederick "Karch" Kiraly (; born November 3, 1960) is an American volleyball player, coach, and broadcast announcer. He was a central part of the U.S National Team that won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic Games. He went on to win the gold medal again at the 1996 Olympic Games, the first Olympic competition to feature beach volleyball. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karch Kiraly has received more than 1,112,870 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Karch Kiraly is the 5th most popular volleyball player (down from 1st in 2019), the 6,104th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,913th in 2019) and the most popular American Volleyball Player.
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Among volleyball players, Karch Kiraly ranks 5 out of 121. Before him are Bernardo Rezende, Vyacheslav Zaytsev, Lang Ping, and Giba. After him are Josef Musil, Masae Kasai, Vladimir Alekno, Yuri Chesnokov, Yekaterina Gamova, Andrea Anastasi, and Slobodan Kovač.
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 1
1952 - 2023
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 2
1960 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 3
1976 - Present
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 4
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 5
1932 - 2017
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 6
1933 - 2013
HPI: 45.05
Rank: 7
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 8
1933 - 2010
HPI: 43.94
Rank: 9
1980 - Present
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 10
1960 - Present
HPI: 43.26
Rank: 11
1967 - Present
HPI: 42.73
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1960, Karch Kiraly ranks 210. Before him are Andrés Gómez, Pia Sundhage, Anders Hejlsberg, Eric Martin, Pedro Delgado, and Aguri Suzuki. After him are Igor Nikulin, Victor Pinchuk, Seth Godin, Slavko Štimac, Yann LeCun, and Claude Joseph.
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 204
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 205
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 206
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 207
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 208
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 209
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 210
1960 - 2021
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 211
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.16
Rank: 212
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 213
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 214
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 215
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 216
Among people born in United States, Karch Kiraly ranks 6,104 out of 18,182. Before him are Charlaine Harris (1951), Amiri Baraka (1934), Carter Burwell (1954), Andy Griffith (1926), Julie Kavner (1950), and Marshall Applewhite (1931). After him are Clarence Williams III (1939), Stuart Hameroff (1947), Mena Suvari (1979), Kirk Alyn (1910), Marian Seldes (1928), and Edie Falco (1963).
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 6,098
1934 - 2014
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 6,099
1954 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 6,100
1926 - 2012
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 6,101
1950 - Present
HPI: 47.40
Rank: 6,102
1931 - 1997
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 6,103
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 6,104
1939 - 2021
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 6,105
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 6,106
1979 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 6,107
1910 - 1999
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 6,108
1928 - 2014
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 6,109
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 6,110
Among volleyball players born in United States, Karch Kiraly ranks 1. After him are Kerri Walsh Jennings (1978), Clayton Stanley (1978), Lloy Ball (1972), Kimberly Hill (1989), Matt Anderson (1987), Todd Rogers (1973), Jordan Larson (1986), Micah Christenson (1993), David Smith (1985), Rachael Adams (1990), and Kelsey Robinson (1992).
1960 - Present
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 1
1978 - Present
HPI: 41.31
Rank: 2
1978 - Present
HPI: 35.92
Rank: 3
1972 - Present
HPI: 34.09
Rank: 4
1989 - Present
HPI: 33.27
Rank: 5
1987 - Present
HPI: 33.18
Rank: 6
1973 - Present
HPI: 33.10
Rank: 7
1986 - Present
HPI: 31.81
Rank: 8
1993 - Present
HPI: 29.62
Rank: 9
1985 - Present
HPI: 28.67
Rank: 10
1990 - Present
HPI: 28.52
Rank: 11
1992 - Present
HPI: 28.32
Rank: 12