# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/byron-janis
# Generated: 2026-09-02T07:57:32.349Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/byron-janis"
name: "Byron Janis"
slug: "byron-janis"
description: "Byron Janis was an American classical pianist. He made numerous recordings for RCA Victor and Mercury Records, and occupies two volumes of the Philips series Great Pianists of the 20th Century. His discography covered repertoire from Bach to David W. Guion and included major piano concertos from Mozart to Rachmaninoff and Liszt to Prokofiev."
tagline: "American musician (1928–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Byron_Janis_1962.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1928-03-24"
deathDate: "2024-03-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1410
platforms:
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    title: "Byron Janis"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump