# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lionel-poilane
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:39:25.621Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lionel-poilane"
name: "Lionel Poilâne"
slug: "lionel-poilane"
description: "Lionel Poilâne was a French baker and entrepreneur whose commitment to crafting quality bread earned him worldwide renown. His father, Pierre Poilâne started a baking business in 1932, creating bread using stone-ground flour, natural fermentation and a wood-fired oven. Lionel took over the bakery in 1970, continuing the traditional methods."
tagline: "French baker (1945-2002)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Pain_Po%C3%AElane-_Paris_15e.jpg/330px-Pain_Po%C3%AElane-_Paris_15e.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945-06-10"
deathDate: "2002-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.53
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.701010666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.poilane.fr/"
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Poil%C3%A2ne"
    title: "Lionel Poilâne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ليونيل بويلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Poil%C3%A2ne"
    title: "Lionel Poilâne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Poil%C3%A2ne"
    title: "Lionel Poilâne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Poil%C3%A2ne"
    title: "Lionel Poilâne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9C_%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%9F"
    title: "ליונל פואלן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2917911"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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