# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ivan-kral
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:06:44.471Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ivan-kral"
name: "Ivan Král"
slug: "ivan-kral"
description: "Ivan Král 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."
tagline: "Czech-American musician (1948-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ival_Kral_1978.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-05-12"
deathDate: "2020-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.6082614616432138
  historical:           19.15079866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ivankral"
    handle:    "ivankral"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjFLX1rD-tft9775PX9ZAgw"
    handle:    "UCjFLX1rD-tft9775PX9ZAgw"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/319983966729"
    handle:    "319983966729"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469380/"
    handle:    "nm0469380"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://ivankral.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ايڤان كرال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ivan Král"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kr%C3%A1l"
    title: "Ivan Král"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kral"
    title: "Ivan Kral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ivan Král"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kr%C3%A1l"
    title: "Ivan Král"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ivan Král"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ivan Kral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kr%C3%A1l"
    title: "Ivan Král"
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    title: "Ivan Král"
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    title: "Ivan Kral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アイヴァン・クラール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kral"
    title: "Ivan Kral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kral"
    title: "Ivan Kral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ivan Kral"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ivan Král"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kr%C3%A1l"
    title: "Ivan Král"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Kr%C3%A1l"
    title: "Ivan Král"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ivan_Kr%C3%A1l"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3095b79c-0f52-4ac8-a3c4-c1a15a61aa12"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3046138"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump