# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-laks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:24:54.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-laks"
name: "Simon Laks"
slug: "simon-laks"
description: "Simon (Szymon) Laks was a Polish Jewish composer and violinist, who became head of the prisoners' orchestra at Birkenau-Auschwitz."
tagline: "Polish composer (1901-1983)"
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: "1901-11-01"
deathDate: "1983-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.79
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.550181333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6bi6nVhrxIuZAxzlwTxpUI"
    handle:    "6bi6nVhrxIuZAxzlwTxpUI"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4865060"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "سيمون لاكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Laks"
    title: "Simon Laks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szymon_Laks"
    title: "Szymon Laks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Laks"
    title: "Simon Laks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Laks"
    title: "Simon Laks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9"
    title: "シモン・ラクス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szymon_Laks"
    title: "Szymon Laks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Лакс, Симон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f117b103-bedf-474a-86ac-6ff9a80a0c0a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q475920"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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