# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marcel-jacob
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:22:09.004Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marcel-jacob"
name: "Marcel Jacob"
slug: "marcel-jacob"
description: "Marcel Karl Jacob was a Swedish musician, best known as the founder, chief songwriter, and bassist of the hard rock band Talisman. For a brief period, he also played in the band Europe and with Yngwie Malmsteen. Jacob was also a skilled lead guitarist, occasionally playing guitar solos on albums where he felt the guitarist did not perform to his standards."
tagline: "Swedish bassist (1964–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marcel_Jacob_promo_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Sweden"
  isoCode: "SE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-01-30"
deathDate: "2009-07-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.86
  momentum:             7.770336198653512
  historical:           11.27452533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  222
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://talismanmusic.se"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/516587"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "مارسيل جاكوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "مارسیل جاکوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Jacob"
    title: "Marcel Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Jacob"
    title: "Marcel Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Jacob"
    title: "Marcel Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Jacob"
    title: "Marcel Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Jacob"
    title: "Marcel Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%96"
    title: "マルセル・ヤコブ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EB%A5%B4%EC%85%80_%EC%95%BC%EC%BD%94%ED%94%84"
    title: "마르셀 야코프"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Jacob"
    title: "Marcel Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Jacob"
    title: "Marcel Jacob"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b6b9137b-0653-4fe0-aba4-a95efa3be03a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2712027"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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