# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raymond-levesque
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:09:08.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raymond-levesque"
name: "Raymond Lévesque"
slug: "raymond-levesque"
description: "Raymond Lévesque was a Canadian singer-songwriter and poet from Quebec. One of the pioneers of the chansonnier tradition in Quebec, he was best known for writing \"Quand les hommes vivront d'amour\", one of the most famous pop standards in French-language popular music."
tagline: "Canadian singer-songwriter, poet, playwright and composer (1928-2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raymond_L%C3%A9vesque%2C_Laurent_Gascon%2C_2011._(50808482641).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1928-10-07"
deathDate: "2021-02-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.92
  momentum:             4.285714285714284
  historical:           7.950253333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0529698/"
    handle:    "nm0529698"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1309495"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B3%D9%83"
    title: "ريمون ليفيسك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_L%C3%A9vesque"
    title: "Raymond Lévesque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_L%C3%A9vesque"
    title: "Raymond Lévesque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_L%C3%A9vesque"
    title: "Raymond Lévesque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_L%C3%A9vesque"
    title: "Raymond Lévesque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Левек, Реймон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_L%C3%A9vesque"
    title: "Raymond Lévesque"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6e312cdf-e8da-44b8-979a-84fc1df25390"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3421020"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1901275"
    title: "Raymond Lévesque"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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