# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/van-cliburn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:33:24.111Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/van-cliburn"
name: "Van Cliburn"
slug: "van-cliburn"
description: "Harvey Lavan \"Van\" Cliburn Jr. was an American pianist. At the age of 23, Cliburn achieved worldwide recognition when in 1958 he won the inaugural International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow."
tagline: "American pianist (1934–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VanCliburn.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1934-07-12"
deathDate: "2013-02-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump