# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michel-portal
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:59:21.874Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michel-portal"
name: "Michel Portal"
slug: "michel-portal"
description: "Michel Portal was a French composer, saxophonist and clarinetist. He played both jazz and classical music and is considered to be \"one of the architects of modern European jazz\"."
tagline: "French composer, saxophonist, and clarinetist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portal_Michel-domicil_dortmund_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1935-11-27"
deathDate: "2026-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           60.4
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.35871866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1310
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006233/"
    handle:    "nm0006233"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3zz4BITBs6xvnzw2vtQi2D"
    handle:    "3zz4BITBs6xvnzw2vtQi2D"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWBsubp_7ebTqcDNpamd91w"
    handle:    "Michel Portal - Topic"
    followers: 1310
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ميتشيل پورتال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Portal"
    title: "Michel Portal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Portal"
    title: "Michel Portal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Portal"
    title: "Michel Portal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Portal"
    title: "Michel Portal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Portal"
    title: "Michel Portal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Portal"
    title: "Michel Portal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B4%D9%84_%D9%BE%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "میشل پورتال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Portal"
    title: "Michel Portal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Portal"
    title: "Michel Portal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Portal"
    title: "Michel Portal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ミシェル・ポルタル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Portal"
    title: "Michel Portal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Portal"
    title: "Michel Portal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michel_Portal"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1fd31bdc-7672-421e-b6ed-84838780c502"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1353252"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/25351"
    title: "Michel Portal"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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