# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/boris-kroyt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:41:38.679Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/boris-kroyt"
name: "Boris Kroyt"
slug: "boris-kroyt"
description: "Boris Kroyt was a classical violinist and violist. He was the violist of the Budapest String Quartet from 1936 until the ensemble disbanded in 1967. Kroyt was born to a Jewish-Ukrainian family in Odessa, but spent his early life and career in Germany where he had been a child prodigy violinist. From the outbreak of World War II until his death at the age of 72, he lived in the United States and had become a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1944."
tagline: "Ukrainian violinist and viola player (1897–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Budapest_String_Quartet.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1897-06-23"
deathDate: "1969-11-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.002844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1417482"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "بوريس كرويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Kroyt"
    title: "Boris Kroyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Kroyt"
    title: "Boris Kroyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris_Kroyt"
    title: "Boris Kroyt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%82%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Кройт, Борис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%82"
    title: "Борис Кройт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6661e665-e93f-4385-a35c-cb665fb1caac"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4241539"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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