# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erwin-lehn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:46:32.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erwin-lehn"
name: "Erwin Lehn"
slug: "erwin-lehn"
description: "Erwin Lehn was a German jazz composer, bandleader and musician. On 1 April 1951 he established the Südfunk dance orchestra of the South German Radio in Stuttgart, which he directed until 1992. With the start of a new public broadcasting corporation, the Südwestrundfunk, the name of the \"Südfunk Tanzorchester\" was changed to \"SWR Big Band\"."
tagline: "German jazz composer, bandleader and musician (1919–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fotothek_df_roe-neg_0000089_001_Portrait_Erwin_Lehns.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1919-06-08"
deathDate: "2010-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.83
  momentum:             1.875
  historical:           6.815588
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0499783/"
    handle:    "nm0499783"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/317321"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%86"
    title: "اروين ليهن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Lehn"
    title: "Erwin Lehn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Lehn"
    title: "Erwin Lehn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Lehn"
    title: "Erwin Lehn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erwin_Lehn"
    title: "Erwin Lehn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/10cca1ec-e6fa-4265-97f9-98b6ff625bdb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q283781"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2357454"
    title: "Erwin Lehn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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