# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-simon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:01:38.629Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-simon"
name: "George Simon"
slug: "george-simon"
description: "George Simon was a Guyanese Lokono Arawak artist and archaeologist. He was the founder and mentor of the Lokono Artists Group, a group of Lokono artists from Guyana, based primarily in his hometown of St. Cuthbert's Mission. Simon was widely regarded as one of the leading Guyanese artists of his generation, and his paintings are notable for their explorations of Amerindian culture and the Guyanese environment. He was also recognized for his achievements as an educator, his efforts to develop opportunities for Amerindian artists in Guyana, and for his work as an archaeologist."
tagline: "Guyanese Lokono artist and archaeologist (1947-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Simon.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1947-04-23"
deathDate: "2020-07-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.76
  momentum:             3.536857781087118
  historical:           4.806696000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جورج سيمون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Simon_(K%C3%BCnstler)"
    title: "George Simon (Künstler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Simon_(artist)"
    title: "George Simon (artist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Simon_(kunstenaar)"
    title: "George Simon (kunstenaar)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Simon_(artist)"
    title: "George Simon (artist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5544562"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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