# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-mathisen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:37:14.710Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-mathisen"
name: "Leo Mathisen"
slug: "leo-mathisen"
description: "Leo \"The Lion\" Mathisen was a Danish jazz pianist, composer, arranger, singer and bandleader. He was a leading figure of the thriving Danish scene during the years around World War II—a period which has been labelled the Golden Age of Danish Jazz—and he is considered to be one of the most significant and original jazz musicians of his day."
tagline: "Danish musician (1906–1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leo_Mathisen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1906-10-10"
deathDate: "1969-12-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.25
  momentum:             10.29445951181713
  historical:           7.072174666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0558800/"
    handle:    "nm0558800"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1003836"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ليو ماثيسين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Mathisen"
    title: "Leo Mathisen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Mathisen"
    title: "Leo Mathisen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Mathisen"
    title: "Leo Mathisen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Mathisen"
    title: "Leo Mathisen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Mathisen"
    title: "Leo Mathisen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/60adffce-7406-4afe-a05d-4020eabc9c97"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q525736"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1445170"
    title: "Leo Mathisen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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