# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-von-blon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:44:38.675Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-von-blon"
name: "Franz von Blon"
slug: "franz-von-blon"
description: "Franz von Blon was a German composer and bandmaster best known for his concert marches, operettas, and the serenade Sizilietta. He was born in Berlin on July 16, 1861 and attended Stern's Conservatory of Music. He began composing during his military service from 1880 to 1883. He founded the Berlin Philharmonic Wind Orchestra, with which he toured Europe and the United States, conducting concerts at the 1904 World's Fair. He died near Berlin in 1945."
tagline: "Composer (1861–1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Franz_von_Blon.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: "1861-07-16"
deathDate: "1945-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.77
  momentum:             1.470588235294118
  historical:           7.672282666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8970398/"
    handle:    "nm8970398"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1546489"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%DA%A4%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "فرانز ڤون بلون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Blon"
    title: "Franz von Blon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Blon"
    title: "Franz von Blon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Blon"
    title: "Franz von Blon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Блон, Франц фон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_von_Blon"
    title: "Franz von Blon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86_%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Франц фон Блон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8c8bb19c-97e3-4d8d-a30a-a95e69ee6e1d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q879897"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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