# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kenneth-leighton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:08:41.019Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kenneth-leighton"
name: "Kenneth Leighton"
slug: "kenneth-leighton"
description: "Kenneth Leighton was a British composer and pianist. His compositions include church and choral music, pieces for piano, organ, cello, oboe and other instruments, chamber music, concertos, symphonies, and an opera. He held academic appointments in the Universities of Leeds, Oxford and Edinburgh."
tagline: "British composer and pianist (1929–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kenneth_Leighton%2C_1981.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1929-10-02"
deathDate: "1988-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.6
  momentum:             6.216216216216216
  historical:           7.486070666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4KNbrQQ9B1wRB4asKMQUfj"
    handle:    "4KNbrQQ9B1wRB4asKMQUfj"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1904012"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كينيث ليجتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Leighton"
    title: "Kenneth Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Leighton"
    title: "Kenneth Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Leighton"
    title: "Kenneth Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Leighton"
    title: "Kenneth Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Leighton"
    title: "Kenneth Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Leighton"
    title: "Kenneth Leighton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9784c54d-1a8a-4ad4-8f20-0a1677084a00"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1569624"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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