# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alfred-lion
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:35:20.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alfred-lion"
name: "Alfred Lion"
slug: "alfred-lion"
description: "Alfred Lion was a German-born American record executive who co-founded the jazz record label Blue Note in 1939. Lion retired in 1967, having sold the company, after producing recordings by leading musicians throughout the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s."
tagline: "American record executive born in Germany (1908–1987)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1908-04-21"
deathDate: "1987-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.19240933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/252962"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ألفرد ليون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "الفرد ليون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lion"
    title: "Alfred Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lion"
    title: "Alfred Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lion"
    title: "Alfred Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "آلفرد لاین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lion"
    title: "Alfred Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lion"
    title: "Alfred Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "アルフレッド・ライオン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lion_(muziekproducent)"
    title: "Alfred Lion (muziekproducent)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lion"
    title: "Alfred Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c332fcf2-cc5c-424e-a5ea-317b31f6c035"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68260"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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