1938 - 2007
Karel Svoboda (19 December 1938 – 28 January 2007) was a Czech composer of popular music. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karel Svoboda has received more than 38,012 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Karel Svoboda is the 514th most popular composer (up from 571st in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 243rd in 2019) and the 25th most popular Czech Composer.
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Among composers, Karel Svoboda ranks 514 out of 1,216. Before him are Max Richter, Johannes Ciconia, Christoph Graupner, Friedrich Wieck, Gara Garayev, and Théodore Dubois. After him are Hans Krása, Hans Swarowsky, Bronius Kutavičius, Manuel Ponce, Ferenc Erkel, and Hervé.
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 508
1370 - 1412
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 509
1683 - 1760
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 510
1785 - 1873
HPI: 55.76
Rank: 511
1918 - 1982
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 512
1837 - 1924
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 513
1938 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 514
1899 - 1944
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 515
1899 - 1975
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 516
1932 - 2021
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 517
1886 - 1948
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 518
1810 - 1893
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 519
1825 - 1892
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 520
Among people born in 1938, Karel Svoboda ranks 137. Before him are Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi, Angelo Amato, Hermann Nitsch, Igor Sergeyev, Tatsuya Shiji, and Milan Galić. After him are Aslan Abashidze, Félix Mourinho, Nino Benvenuti, Maxim Shostakovich, Jean-Loup Chrétien, and Princess Anne, Duchess of Calabria. Among people deceased in 2007, Karel Svoboda ranks 99. Before him are José Luis de Vilallonga, 9th Marquess of Castellbell, David Lane, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, Atle Selberg, and Luigi Comencini. After him are Ralph Asher Alpher, Pierre Messmer, Julien Gracq, Paul Cohen, Wally Schirra, and Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven.
1938 - 2020
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 131
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 132
1938 - 2022
HPI: 55.83
Rank: 133
1938 - 2006
HPI: 55.80
Rank: 134
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 135
1938 - 2014
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 136
1938 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 137
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 138
1938 - 2017
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 139
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 140
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 141
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 142
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 143
1920 - 2007
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 93
1938 - 2007
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 94
1922 - 2007
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 95
1913 - 2007
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 96
1917 - 2007
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 97
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 98
1938 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 99
1921 - 2007
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 100
1916 - 2007
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 101
1910 - 2007
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 102
1934 - 2007
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 103
1923 - 2007
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 104
1914 - 2007
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 105
Among people born in Czechia, Karel Svoboda ranks 233 out of 973. Before him are Anna Chromý (1940), Guido Adler (1855), Anne of Bavaria (1329), Alice Herz-Sommer (1903), Eduard Bloch (1872), and Bořivoj II, Duke of Bohemia (1064). After him are Hans Krása (1899), Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696), Jean-Gaspard Deburau (1796), Dana Zátopková (1922), Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria (1863), and Johannes Widmann (1460).
1940 - 2021
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 227
1855 - 1941
HPI: 56.07
Rank: 228
1329 - 1353
HPI: 56.03
Rank: 229
1903 - 2014
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 230
1872 - 1945
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 231
1064 - 1124
HPI: 55.84
Rank: 232
1938 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 233
1899 - 1944
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 234
1696 - 1772
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 235
1796 - 1846
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 236
1922 - 2020
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 237
1863 - 1931
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 238
1460 - 1505
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 239
Among composers born in Czechia, Karel Svoboda ranks 25. Before him are Zdeněk Fibich (1850), Johann Baptist Wanhal (1739), Erwin Schulhoff (1894), Pavel Haas (1899), Vítězslav Novák (1870), and Franz Xaver Richter (1709). After him are Hans Krása (1899), Antonio Rosetti (1746), Leopold Koželuch (1747), Alois Hába (1893), Otakar Ševčík (1852), and Paul Wranitzky (1756).
1850 - 1900
HPI: 58.01
Rank: 19
1739 - 1813
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 20
1894 - 1942
HPI: 56.49
Rank: 21
1899 - 1944
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 22
1870 - 1949
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 23
1709 - 1789
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 24
1938 - 2007
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 25
1899 - 1944
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 26
1746 - 1792
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 27
1747 - 1818
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 28
1893 - 1973
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 29
1852 - 1934
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 30
1756 - 1808
HPI: 53.89
Rank: 31