# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonard-ware
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:58:40.430Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonard-ware"
name: "Leonard Ware"
slug: "leonard-ware"
description: "Leonard Ware was one of the first American jazz guitarists to play electric guitar."
tagline: "American musician (1909-1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Taylor%2C_Zutty_Singleton%2C_Leonard_Ware_(Gottlieb_15341).jpg?width=1200"
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: "1909-12-28"
deathDate: "1974-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.03
  momentum:             11.52496626180837
  historical:           6.136717333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3629214/"
    handle:    "nm3629214"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/814045"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ليونارد وير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "ليونارد وير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Ware"
    title: "Leonard Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Ware"
    title: "Leonard Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Ware"
    title: "Leonard Ware"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b051f9aa-82c5-4355-9549-eb71b305f365"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161971"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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