# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-stepan-zamecnik
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:38:50.519Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-stepan-zamecnik"
name: "John Stepan Zamecnik"
slug: "john-stepan-zamecnik"
description: "John Stepan Zamecnik was an American composer and conductor. He is best known for the \"photoplay music\" he composed for use during silent films by pianists, organists, and orchestras."
tagline: "American composer and conductor of Czech descent (1872-1953)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Stepan_Zamecnik_circa_August_1927_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1872-05-14"
deathDate: "1953-06-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.45
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.605652
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0952615/"
    handle:    "nm0952615"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/634785"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B2%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "جون ستيپان زاميكنيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stepan_Zamecnik"
    title: "John Stepan Zamecnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stepan_Zamecnik"
    title: "John Stepan Zamecnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_S._Zamecnik"
    title: "John S. Zamecnik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Замекник, Джон Стефан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%BE%D9%86_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86%DA%A9"
    title: "جان سٹیپن زیمیکنک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dad4fb6d-bdbd-4053-8761-3aa6a5fd21f0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2270307"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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