# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonathan-larson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:14:07.087Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonathan-larson"
name: "Jonathan Larson"
slug: "jonathan-larson"
description: "Jonathan David Larson was an American composer, lyricist and playwright, most famous for writing the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick... Boom!, which explored the social issues of multiculturalism, substance use disorder, and homophobia."
tagline: "American composer and playwright (1960–1996)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/Jonathan_Larson.jpg"
gender: "male"
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category:
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birthDate: "1960-02-04"
deathDate: "1996-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  80
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump