# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jef-denyn
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:52:53.443Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jef-denyn"
name: "Jef Denyn"
slug: "jef-denyn"
description: "Joseph Guillaume François \"Jef\" Denyn was a Belgian carillon player from Mechelen. He originally studied to be an engineer. His carilloning career started in 1881 when his father, the official carilloneer of Mechelen, went blind and became unable to play. This caused Denyn to take over. In 1887, Denyn was recognised for his skills and officially appointed to the same position his father had held. He used his engineering knowledge to vastly improve the technology surrounding carillons, which is now used all over Europe and the United States. In 1922, he founded the world's first and most renowned international higher institute of campanology, later named after him, the Royal Carillon School \"Jef Denyn\" in Mechelen."
tagline: "Belgian musician (1862–1941)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JefDenyn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1862"
deathDate: "1941"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.16
  momentum:             13.41216216216216
  historical:           6.60324
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1885089"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Denijn"
    title: "Jef Denijn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Denyn"
    title: "Jef Denyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Denyn"
    title: "Jef Denyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Denyn"
    title: "Jef Denyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Denyn"
    title: "Jef Denyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Denyn"
    title: "Jef Denyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fe94edf5-c99f-4498-9ca9-8c8f8c5c96e9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2296369"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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