SINGER

Karel Gott

1939 - 2019

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Karel Gott (14 July 1939 – 1 October 2019) was a Czech singer, considered the most successful male singer in Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karel Gott has received more than 647,855 page views. His biography is available in 44 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 45 in 2019). Karel Gott is the 79th most popular singer (down from 73rd in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 51st in 2019) and the most popular Czech Singer.

Karel Gott is a Czech singer who is most famous for his rendition of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town."

Memorability Metrics

  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.44

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 44

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.99

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SINGERS

Among singers, Karel Gott ranks 79 out of 4,381. Before him are Ian Gillan, Bonnie Tyler, The Notorious B.I.G., Fairuz, Morrissey, and Diana Ross. After him are Anna Magdalena Bach, France Gall, Gwen Stefani, Klaus Meine, Johnny Hallyday, and Rihanna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Karel Gott ranks 19. Before him are Giovanni Trapattoni, Harvey Keitel, Ada Yonath, Romano Prodi, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, and Valeriy Lobanovskyi. After him are Margaret Atwood, Ralph Lauren, Peter Grünberg, George Lazenby, Sonny Chiba, and Laurent-Désiré Kabila. Among people deceased in 2019, Karel Gott ranks 16. Before him are Bruno Ganz, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Mohamed Morsi, Nuon Chea, Peter Fonda, and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. After him are I. M. Pei, Alexei Leonov, Anna Karina, Franco Zeffirelli, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Gordon Banks.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Karel Gott ranks 53 out of 1,200. Before him are Ludvík Svoboda (1895), Antonín Panenka (1948), Gerty Cori (1896), Josef Masopust (1931), Adalbert of Prague (955), and Wenceslaus II of Bohemia (1271). After him are Emil Hácha (1872), Milena Jesenská (1896), Bohumil Hrabal (1914), Peter Grünberg (1939), Anton Raphael Mengs (1728), and Karl Renner (1870).

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Among SINGERS In Czechia

Among singers born in Czechia, Karel Gott ranks 1. After him are Helena Vondráčková (1947), Marta Kubišová (1942), Emmy Destinn (1878), Maria Jeritza (1887), Leo Slezak (1873), Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861), Iveta Bartošová (1966), Magdalena Kožená (1973), Marta Jandová (1974), Ewa Farna (1993), and Filip Bandžak (1983).

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