# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willi-ostermann
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:12:09.561Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willi-ostermann"
name: "Willi Ostermann"
slug: "willi-ostermann"
description: "Wilhelm \"Willi\" Ostermann was a lyricist, composer and singer of carnival songs and songs about Cologne, primarily in the German dialect of Kölsch. The tune Homesick for Cologne is counted amongst his most famous pieces."
tagline: "German composer (1876–1936)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Willi-Ostermann-Denkmal_Koenigswinter.jpg/330px-Willi-Ostermann-Denkmal_Koenigswinter.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1876-10-01"
deathDate: "1936-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.171781333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1074680/"
    handle:    "nm1074680"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/872643"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فيلي أوسترمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "فيلى اوسترمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Ostermann"
    title: "Willi Ostermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Ostermann"
    title: "Willi Ostermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Ostermann"
    title: "Willi Ostermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Ostermann"
    title: "Willi Ostermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willi_Ostermann"
    title: "Willi Ostermann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a64f624c-1b8e-41f0-8783-73892d8af1d1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125933"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1744528"
    title: "Willi Ostermann"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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