# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/franz-xaver-witt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:39:10.366Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/franz-xaver-witt"
name: "Franz Xaver Witt"
slug: "franz-xaver-witt"
description: "Franz Xaver Witt was a Catholic priest, church musician, and composer. He was a leading figure in the Cecilian movement for the reform of Catholic church music in the second half of the 19th century."
tagline: "German Catholic priest, church musician and composer (1834–1888)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FXWitt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "TV Personality"
  slug: "tv-personality"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1834-02-09"
deathDate: "1888-12-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.602484
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4090810"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D8%B2%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "فرانز زاڤير ويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Witt"
    title: "Franz Xaver Witt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Witt"
    title: "Franz Xaver Witt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Witt"
    title: "Franz Xaver Witt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Witt"
    title: "Franz Xaver Witt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Xaver_Witt"
    title: "Franz Xaver Witt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5bdf24a4-898c-49c1-af75-215c01f87d73"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q95918"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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