# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jon-arnason
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:00:36.214Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jon-arnason"
name: "Jón Árnason"
slug: "jon-arnason"
description: "Jón Árnason was an Icelandic author, librarian, and museum director who made the first collection of Icelandic folktales."
tagline: "Icelandic folklorist (1819-1888)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/J%C3%B3n_%C3%81rnason.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1819-08-17"
deathDate: "1888-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.809216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Йон Арнасон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ён Арнасон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ён Арнасан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jón Árnason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3n_%C3%81rnason_(Autor)"
    title: "Jón Árnason (Autor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3n_%C3%81rnason_(author)"
    title: "Jón Árnason (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3n_%C3%81rnason_(folkloriste)"
    title: "Jón Árnason (folkloriste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3n_%C3%81rnason_(1819)"
    title: "Jón Árnason (1819)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ヨウン・アウルトナソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ജോൺ അർനാസൺ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3n_%C3%81rnason_(pisarz)"
    title: "Jón Árnason (pisarz)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3n_%C3%81rnason"
    title: "Jón Árnason"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%83%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Йоун Ауднасон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3n_%C3%81rnason_(bibliotekarie)"
    title: "Jón Árnason (bibliotekarie)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q975791"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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