# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jef-maes
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:23:28.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jef-maes"
name: "Jef Maes"
slug: "jef-maes"
description: "Jef \"Joseph\" Maes  was a Belgian composer and violist."
tagline: "Belgian musician (1905–1996)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1905-04-05"
deathDate: "1996-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.002664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2530045/"
    handle:    "nm2530045"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1251961"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "چيف مايس (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Maes"
    title: "Jef Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_%22Jef%22_Maes"
    title: "Joseph \"Jef\" Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Maes"
    title: "Jef Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Maes"
    title: "Jef Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%95%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ジェフ・マース"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Maes_(componist)"
    title: "Jef Maes (componist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jef_Maes"
    title: "Jef Maes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3e91c946-7650-40c1-a828-f1c52c6d67b5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q706108"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3421358"
    title: "Jef Maes"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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