# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-lion
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:15:34.014Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-lion"
name: "Johnny Lion"
slug: "johnny-lion"
description: "John van Leeuwarden, who recorded under the name Johnny Lion, was a Dutch singer, journalist and actor. His best known song as a solo artist was his hit single \"Sophietje\". He also recorded with The Jumping Jewels and had a few hit songs including \"Wheels\"\", \"Africa\" and \"Irish Washerwoman\"."
tagline: "Dutch singer (1941–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Lion.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-07-04"
deathDate: "2019-01-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.21
  momentum:             10
  historical:           9.910766666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0513322/"
    handle:    "nm0513322"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/485947"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جوني ليون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جونى ليون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lion"
    title: "Johnny Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lion"
    title: "Johnny Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lion"
    title: "Johnny Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lion"
    title: "Johnny Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lion"
    title: "Johnny Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lion"
    title: "Johnny Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Lion"
    title: "Johnny Lion"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/237a5c07-9f54-4fa3-8002-508b75fc94f4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702353"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2903371"
    title: "Johnny Lion"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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