# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willie-the-lion-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:07:19.895Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willie-the-lion-smith"
name: "Willie \"The Lion\" Smith"
slug: "willie-the-lion-smith"
description: "William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf Smith, nicknamed \"the Lion\", was an American jazz and stride pianist."
tagline: "American musician (1897–1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willie_Smith_(Gottlieb_07921).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1893-11-23"
deathDate: "1973-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.98
  momentum:             0.6775700934579438
  historical:           9.899570666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307444"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AB_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "ويلى ث ليون سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_The_Lion_Smith"
    title: "Willie The Lion Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_%22the_Lion%22_Smith"
    title: "Willie \"the Lion\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_%22The_Lion%22_Smith"
    title: "Willie \"The Lion\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_%E2%80%9DThe_Lion%E2%80%9D_Smith"
    title: "Willie ”The Lion” Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Smith_(pianiste)"
    title: "Willie Smith (pianiste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_%E2%80%9EThe_Lion%E2%80%9D_Smith"
    title: "Willie „The Lion” Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_%22The_Lion%22_Smith"
    title: "Willie \"The Lion\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_%22The_Lion%22_Smith"
    title: "Willie \"The Lion\" Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Smith"
    title: "Willie Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5daad4be-e76b-40cd-9dba-459a02451e83"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1773956"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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