# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leonid-gaidai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:54:34.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leonid-gaidai"
name: "Leonid Gaidai"
slug: "leonid-gaidai"
description: "Leonid Iovich Gaidai was a Soviet and Russian comedy film director, screenwriter, and actor who enjoyed immense popularity and broad public recognition in the former Soviet Union. His films broke theatre attendance records and were some of the top-selling DVDs in Russia. He has been described as \"the king of Soviet comedy\"."
tagline: "Soviet film director (1923-1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B9_(1974)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1923-01-30"
deathDate: "1993-11-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.45117866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301145/"
    handle:    "nm0301145"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://leonid-gaidai.ru/index.php"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ليونيد جايداي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Леанід Гайдай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Iowitsch_Gaidai"
    title: "Leonid Iowitsch Gaidai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Gaidai"
    title: "Leonid Gaidai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Gajdaj"
    title: "Leonid Gajdaj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Gaid%C3%A1i"
    title: "Leonid Gaidái"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Gaidai"
    title: "Leonid Gaidai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Gaidai"
    title: "Leonid Gaidai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لئونید گائدای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Gaidai"
    title: "Leonid Gaidai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Ga%C3%AFda%C3%AF"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Gaidai"
    title: "Leonid Gaidai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q312480"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1190421"
    title: "Leonid Gaidai"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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