# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josef-gusikov
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:18:34.888Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josef-gusikov"
name: "Josef Gusikov"
slug: "josef-gusikov"
description: "Michal Josef Gusikov was a Belarusian-Jewish klezmer who gave the first performances of klezmer music to West European concert audiences on his 'wood and straw instrument'."
tagline: "Belarusian musician (1806–1837)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mjg.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1806-09-02"
deathDate: "1837-10-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.63
  momentum:             15
  historical:           8.539669333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B2%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%85%D0%BE%D1%8D%D0%BB_%D0%98%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%B5%D1%84"
    title: "Гузиков, Михоэл Иосеф"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "چوزيف جوسيكوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%9E"
    title: "Міхал Гузікаў"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%96%D0%BB_%D0%86%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%96%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%96%D1%87_%D0%93%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%96%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%9E"
    title: "Міхаіл Іосіфавіч Гузікаў"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Gusikow"
    title: "Joseph Gusikow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Gusikov"
    title: "Josef Gusikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Gusikov"
    title: "Josef Gusikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Gusikov"
    title: "Josef Gusikov"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%A3_%D7%92%D7%95%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%91"
    title: "יוסף גוזיקוב"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micha%C5%82_J%C3%B3zef_Guzikow"
    title: "Michał Józef Guzikow"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56709"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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