# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karl-amson-joel
# Generated: 2026-09-02T04:21:11.736Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karl-amson-joel"
name: "Karl Amson Joel"
slug: "karl-amson-joel"
description: "Karl Amson Joel was a German textile merchant and manufacturer with Joel Macht Fabrik. He was the grandfather of American musician Billy Joel and British conductor Alexander Joel, who are half-brothers."
tagline: "German businessman (1889–1982)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d9/Karl_amson_joel.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1889-11-20"
deathDate: "1982-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.83
  momentum:             7.753292896054854
  historical:           5.180952
  currentAttention:     1.248439450686642
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%86%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "كارل امسون چويل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Amson_Joel"
    title: "Karl Amson Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Amson_Joel"
    title: "Karl Amson Joel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%99%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C"
    title: "קרל אמסון יואל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%99%D0%BE%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB_(%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C)"
    title: "Йоэль, Карл (предприниматель)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88960"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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