# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-franz-weigl
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:01:26.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-franz-weigl"
name: "Joseph Franz Weigl"
slug: "joseph-franz-weigl"
description: "Joseph Franz Weigl was a Bavarian and Austrian cellist. He was the principal cellist in the orchestra of the Esterházy family, before moving to Vienna and the Burgtheater. He played under the directorship of Joseph Haydn, who also was godfather to the cellist's son, and it is thought that Haydn wrote his cello concerto in C major for him."
tagline: "Austrian cellist"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1740-05-19"
deathDate: "1820-01-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.003996
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Franz_Weigl"
    title: "Joseph Franz Weigl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B2_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%84"
    title: "چوزيف فرانز ويجل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Franz_Weigl"
    title: "Joseph Franz Weigl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Franz_Weigl"
    title: "Joseph Franz Weigl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Franz_Weigl"
    title: "Joseph Franz Weigl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Franz_Weigl"
    title: "Joseph Franz Weigl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Franz_Weigl"
    title: "Joseph Franz Weigl"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B3%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%99%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86"
    title: "Вайгль, Йозеф Франц"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713253"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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