# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joseph-sonnleithner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:26:29.239Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joseph-sonnleithner"
name: "Joseph Sonnleithner"
slug: "joseph-sonnleithner"
description: "Joseph Ferdinand Sonnleithner was an Austrian court agent, councillor, librettist, theater director, and archivist. He was the son of Christoph Sonnleithner, brother of Ignaz von Sonnleithner and uncle of Franz Grillparzer and Leopold von Sonnleithner. He was a personal friend of Ludwig van Beethoven, and he wrote numerous librettos, among them, Beethoven's stage opera Fidelio, Faniska by Luigi Cherubini and Agnes Sorel by Adalbert Gyrowetz."
tagline: "Austrian librettist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joseph_Sonnleithner.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1766-03-03"
deathDate: "1835-12-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.55
  momentum:             4.285714285714284
  historical:           9.673002666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0814445/"
    handle:    "nm0814445"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Joseph Sonnleithner"
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    title: "Joseph Sonnleithner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sonnleithner"
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  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sonnleithner"
    title: "Joseph Sonnleithner"
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  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sonnleithner"
    title: "Joseph Sonnleithner"
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  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sonnleithner"
    title: "Joseph Sonnleithner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Sonnleithner"
    title: "Joseph Sonnleithner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%84_%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%98%D1%82%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Јозеф Сонлајтнер"
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  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Joseph_Sonnleithner"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump