# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-ware
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:54:51.143Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-ware"
name: "Leon Ware"
slug: "leon-ware"
description: "Leon Ware was an American songwriter, producer, composer, and singer renowned for his innovative and prolific compositions, particularly of R&B and soul music. He often worked behind the scenes, where he wrote and produced hits for other artists including Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Maxwell, Minnie Riperton and Marvin Gaye, co-producing the latter's seminal album I Want You."
tagline: "American recording artist, songwriter and composer (1940–2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Leon_Ware_1982_%28cropped_1%29.jpg/330px-Leon_Ware_1982_%28cropped_1%29.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: "1940-02-16"
deathDate: "2017-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.16527066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1303679/"
    handle:    "nm1303679"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3DwcX6M6GF3KGWbVmfNp8G"
    handle:    "3DwcX6M6GF3KGWbVmfNp8G"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.leonware.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ليون وير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ليون وير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "لیون ور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ware"
    title: "Leon Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ware"
    title: "Leon Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ware"
    title: "Leon Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%B1"
    title: "لیون ور"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ware"
    title: "Leon Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A8"
    title: "ליאון וייר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ware"
    title: "Leon Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A2"
    title: "リオン・ウェア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ware"
    title: "Leon Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ware"
    title: "Leon Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ware"
    title: "Leon Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Леон Вер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9b1f8808-6bdd-4d36-b619-ec5c7e6d0d7d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1618928"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1569786"
    title: "Leon Ware"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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