# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paulo-vanzolini
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:02:47.072Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paulo-vanzolini"
name: "Paulo Vanzolini"
slug: "paulo-vanzolini"
description: "Paulo Emilio Vanzolini was a Brazilian scientist and music composer. He was best known for his samba compositions, including the famous \"Ronda\", \"Volta por Cima\", and \"Boca da Noite\", and for his scientific works in herpetology. With Carl Gans he was one of the two leading authorities in worm lizards (Amphisbaenia).He is considered one of the greatest samba composers from São Paulo. Until his death, he still conducted research at the University of São Paulo (USP)."
tagline: "Brazilian zoologist (1924-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paulo_Vanzolini.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1924-04-25"
deathDate: "2013-04-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.24
  momentum:             0.1864181091877497
  historical:           10.16087333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0889409/"
    handle:    "nm0889409"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.paulovanzolini.com.br"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "پولو ڤانزولينى"
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    title: "Paulo Vanzolini"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Vanzolini"
    title: "Paulo Vanzolini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Emilio_Vanzolini"
    title: "Paulo Emilio Vanzolini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Vanzolini"
    title: "Paulo Vanzolini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Emilio_Vanzolini"
    title: "Paulo Emilio Vanzolini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Vanzolini"
    title: "Paulo Vanzolini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Vanzolini"
    title: "Paulo Vanzolini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://species.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Em%C3%ADlio_Vanzolini"
    title: "Paulo Emílio Vanzolini"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paulo_Vanzolini"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fb252d06-9318-401d-9516-0bbad7bd390f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Paulo Vanzolini"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump