# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vasilis-tsitsanis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:54:35.771Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vasilis-tsitsanis"
name: "Vasilis Tsitsanis"
slug: "vasilis-tsitsanis"
description: "Vassilis Tsitsanis was a Greek songwriter and bouzouki player. He became one of the leading Greek composers of his time and is widely regarded as one of the founders of modern Rebetiko and Laiko music. Tsitsanis wrote more than 500 songs and is still remembered as an extraordinary composer and bouzouki player."
tagline: "Greek composer, lyricist, singer and bouzouki player (1915–1984)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/80/Vassilis_Tsitsanis.webp/330px-Vassilis_Tsitsanis.webp.png"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1915-01-18"
deathDate: "1984-01-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.631428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0875073/"
    handle:    "nm0875073"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tsitsanis.gr/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ڤاسيليس تسيتسانيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vassilis Tsitsanis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilis_Tsitsanis"
    title: "Vasilis Tsitsanis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%83%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%84%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82"
    title: "Βασίλης Τσιτσάνης"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassilis_Tsitsanis"
    title: "Vassilis Tsitsanis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vas%C3%ADlis_Tsits%C3%A1nis"
    title: "Vasílis Tsitsánis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vas%C3%ADlis_Tsits%C3%A1nis"
    title: "Vasílis Tsitsánis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vass%C3%ADlis_Tsits%C3%A1nis"
    title: "Vassílis Tsitsánis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A1_%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%A6%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "וסיליס ציצאניס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%BD%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D5%91%D5%AB%D6%81%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%BD"
    title: "Վասիլիս Ցիցանիս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasil%C4%ABs_Tsitsan%C4%ABs"
    title: "Vasilīs Tsitsanīs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilis_Tsitsanis"
    title: "Vasilis Tsitsanis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasilis_Tsitsanis"
    title: "Vasilis Tsitsanis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vassilis_Tsitsanis"
    title: "Vassilis Tsitsanis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/64bf8e96-63e3-4557-8a84-c0df7ad8d18d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1500297"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2131961"
    title: "Vasilis Tsitsanis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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