# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-wein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:16:26.976Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-wein"
name: "George Wein"
slug: "george-wein"
description: "George Wein was an American jazz promoter, pianist, and producer. He was the founder of the Newport Jazz Festival, which is held every summer in Newport, Rhode Island. He also co-founded the Newport Folk Festival with Pete Seeger and Theodore Bikel and was instrumental in the founding of the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival."
tagline: "American promoter and musician (1925–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/GeorgeWeinClosedPianoCrop.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1925-10-03"
deathDate: "2021-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.02
  momentum:             0.6735340729001585
  historical:           14.98182533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0918081/"
    handle:    "nm0918081"
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    title: "چورچ وين (ملحن)"
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    title: "George Wein"
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    title: "George Wein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Wein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Wein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wein"
    title: "George Wein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wein"
    title: "George Wein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Wein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョージ・ウェイン"
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    title: "George Wein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Wein"
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    title: "George Wein"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump