# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/juan-ignacio-de-iztueta
# Generated: 2026-08-15T02:58:59.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/juan-ignacio-de-iztueta"
name: "Juan Ignacio de Iztueta"
slug: "juan-ignacio-de-iztueta"
description: "Juan Ignacio Iztueta de Zaldibia (1767–1845) was a pioneer in the research of Basque folklore. He wrote several books about Basque music and dance. He dedicated himself to the study of the local culture of the province of Gipuzkoa when the Bergara University was created and the use of the Basque language was abandoned."
tagline: "Basque writer (1767-1845)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Juan_Ignacio_de_Iztueta.PNG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Spain"
  isoCode: "ES"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1767-11-29"
deathDate: "1845-08-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.8
  momentum:             15.75949367088608
  historical:           4.60306
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ignacio_Iztueta"
    title: "Juan Ignacio Iztueta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ignacio_de_Iztueta"
    title: "Juan Ignacio de Iztueta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ignacio_de_Iztueta"
    title: "Juan Ignacio de Iztueta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_Ignazio_Iztueta"
    title: "Joan Ignazio Iztueta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Ignacio_de_Iztueta"
    title: "Juan Ignacio de Iztueta"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9015632"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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