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Ivan Král

1948 - 2020

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Ivan Král (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, and he won three times at the Anděl Awards. He died of cancer in 2020, aged 71. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Král is the 1,439th most popular musician (up from 1,525th in 2019), the 623rd most popular biography from Czechia (up from 665th in 2019) and the 19th most popular Czech Musician.

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Ivan Král ranks 1,439 out of 3,175. Before him are Steve Di Giorgio, Barry Harris, Ralph Siegel, Henry Jackman, Jim Keltner, and Ismaël Lô. After him are Rudolf Firkušný, Jens Johansson, Jörg Michael, Peter Tägtgren, José María Ventura Casas, and Bob Ezrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ivan Král ranks 478. Before him are Leo Makkonen, Jan Graubner, Mike Figgis, Maroun Elias Nimeh Lahham, Atilio Ancheta, and Uschi Digard. After him are Mary E. Peters, Lindsay Crouse, Nikolai Gorbachev, Saul Rubinek, Geoff Nicholls, and Ken Foree. Among people deceased in 2020, Ivan Král ranks 464. Before him are Lucien Sève, Michael Gwisdek, Júlia Sigmond, Jacques Beurlet, Gulnazar Keldi, and John Ericson. After him are Borislav Stanković, Ruth Klüger, Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Silva Batuta, Yehoshua Kenaz, and Kansai Yamamoto.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ivan Král ranks 623 out of 1,200. Before him are Josef Václav Myslbek (1848), František Ondříček (1857), Jan Jindra (1932), Helena Fibingerová (1949), Zdenko Hans Skraup (1850), and Jan Graubner (1948). After him are Rudolf Firkušný (1912), Josef Tošovský (1950), Roderich Menzel (1907), Eva Bosáková (1931), Zdeněk Mlynář (1930), and Karel Domin (1882).

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Among MUSICIANS In Czechia

Among musicians born in Czechia, Ivan Král ranks 19. Before him are Eduard Nápravník (1839), Ignaz Brüll (1846), Alexander Dreyschock (1818), Miroslav Vitouš (1947), Jakub Jan Ryba (1765), and František Ondříček (1857). After him are Rudolf Firkušný (1912), Karel Halíř (1859), Jaromír Nohavica (1953), Josef Labor (1842), Iva Bittová (1958), and Martina Bárta (1988).

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