# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jakub-polak
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:44:45.957Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jakub-polak"
name: "Jakub Polak"
slug: "jakub-polak"
description: "Jakub Polak, also known as Jakub Reys and Jacques le Polonois, was a Polish lutenist and composer. He was notable for his service as court lutenist to Henry III of Poland and France. Initially Polak served as one of the court musicians at Kraków, and after Henry III fled Poland, Polak joined him in Paris in 1574. He was an author of several lute compositions, most notably preludies, fantasies, dances and several chansons. During his lifetime he was renowned for his lute improvisations."
tagline: "Polish musician"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1540"
deathDate: "1605"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.78
  momentum:             10.08771929824561
  historical:           7.671022666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1975293"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ياكوب بولاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "ياكوب بولاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Reys"
    title: "Jakub Reys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Polak_(musician)"
    title: "Jakub Polak (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Reys-Polak"
    title: "Jakub Reys-Polak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Polak"
    title: "Jakub Polak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakub_Reys-Polak"
    title: "Jakub Reys-Polak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c24fd98e-d4b0-4cd5-bd14-e93599a1c057"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326745"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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