# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/izzy-young
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:57:28.759Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/izzy-young"
name: "Izzy Young"
slug: "izzy-young"
description: "Israel Goodman Young, known as Izzy Young, was a noted figure in the world of folk music, both in America and Sweden. He was once the owner of the Folklore Center in Greenwich Village, New York, and from 1973 until his death, owned and operated the Folklore Centrum store in Stockholm."
tagline: "Noted figure in the world of folk music in America and Sweden (1928-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Izzy_Young.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-03-26"
deathDate: "2019-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.024804
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1767650/"
    handle:    "nm1767650"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izzy_Young"
    title: "Izzy Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%8A_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "إيزي يونغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%89_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "ايزى يونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izzy_Young"
    title: "Izzy Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izzy_Young"
    title: "Izzy Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izzy_Young"
    title: "Izzy Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izzy_Young"
    title: "Izzy Young"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6249953"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3317730"
    title: "Izzy Young"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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