# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lenny-breau
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:52:50.428Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lenny-breau"
name: "Lenny Breau"
slug: "lenny-breau"
description: "Leonard Harold Breau was an American-Canadian guitarist. He blended many styles of music, including jazz, country, classical, and flamenco. Inspired by country guitarists like Chet Atkins, Breau used fingerstyle techniques not often used in jazz guitar. By using a seven-string guitar and approaching the guitar like a piano, he opened up possibilities for the instrument."
tagline: "Canadian-American guitarist (1941–1984)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/84/Lenny_Breau.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-08-05"
deathDate: "1984-08-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.84
  momentum:             19.63165428700635
  historical:           8.733313333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106462/"
    handle:    "nm0106462"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.lennybreau.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88"
    title: "لينى برياو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Breau"
    title: "Lenny Breau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Breau"
    title: "Lenny Breau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Breau"
    title: "Lenny Breau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Breau"
    title: "Lenny Breau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Breau"
    title: "Lenny Breau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Breau"
    title: "Lenny Breau"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7c92874a-d81b-43f7-9c55-cc5dfaf9f28f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q441940"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1749673"
    title: "Lenny Breau"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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