# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-strauss
# Generated: 2026-08-20T19:01:53.196Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-strauss"
name: "John Strauss"
slug: "john-strauss"
description: "John Leonard Strauss was an American television and film composer and music editor. Strauss co-wrote the theme song for the NBC television series, Car 54, Where Are You?, with Nat Hiken. He also won a Grammy Award for his work as the producer of the soundtrack for the 1984 film, Amadeus. He also frequently collaborated with director Woody Allen in his films, including Take the Money and Run in 1969 and Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex*  in 1972."
tagline: "American television and film composer and music editor (1920-2011)"
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: "1920-04-28"
deathDate: "2011-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.120342666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833824/"
    handle:    "nm0833824"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "جان اسٹراس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جون ستراوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Strauss"
    title: "John Strauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/07285deb-2567-42d3-8df7-07a9ba7fba2e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/383802"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6259403"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1397291"
    title: "John Strauss"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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