# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fritz-rau
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:36:01.821Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fritz-rau"
name: "Fritz Rau"
slug: "fritz-rau"
description: "Fritz Rau was a German music promoter, who was influential in the development of the appreciation of jazz and blues music in Europe in the 1950s and 1960s, and has since been a leading promoter of rock and pop music. He was nominated to the Blues Hall of Fame in 2012, together with his former business partner Horst Lippmann."
tagline: "German music promoter (1930-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fritz_rau_lesung.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1930-03-09"
deathDate: "2013-08-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.160621333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0711954/"
    handle:    "nm0711954"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/531683"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Rau"
    title: "Fritz Rau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2_%D8%B1%D8%A4%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "فريتز رؤوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Rau"
    title: "Fritz Rau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Rau"
    title: "Fritz Rau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Rau"
    title: "Fritz Rau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%B9%D8%B2_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A4"
    title: "فرٹز راؤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz_Rau"
    title: "Fritz Rau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d33cd5ea-8d5e-489c-b19c-2ae0dbefdd4c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101561"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2330395"
    title: "Fritz Rau"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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