# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harold-arlen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:20:37.601Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harold-arlen"
name: "Harold Arlen"
slug: "harold-arlen"
description: "Harold Arlen was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, including \"Over the Rainbow\", which won him the Oscar for Best Original Song, he was nominated as composer for 8 other Oscar awards. Arlen is a contributor to the Great American Songbook. \"Over the Rainbow\" was voted the 20th century's No. 1 song by the RIAA and the NEA."
tagline: "American composer of popular music (1905-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Harold_Arlen_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1905-02-15"
deathDate: "1986-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump