# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zal-yanovsky
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:04:37.643Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zal-yanovsky"
name: "Zal Yanovsky"
slug: "zal-yanovsky"
description: "Zalman Yanovsky was a Canadian folk-rock musician and restaurateur. Born in Toronto, he was the son of political cartoonist Avrom Yanovsky and teacher Nechama Yanovsky. He played lead guitar and sang for the Lovin' Spoonful, a rock band which he founded with John Sebastian in 1964."
tagline: "Canadian singer (1944-2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zal_Yanovsky%2C_KRLA_Beat_03-11-1967.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: "1944-12-19"
deathDate: "2002-12-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.82
  momentum:             0.129090363254278
  historical:           12.30959466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0946255/"
    handle:    "nm0946255"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "زال يانوڤسكى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "زال یانۆڤسکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Zal Yanovsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Yanovsky"
    title: "Zal Yanovsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Yanovsky"
    title: "Zal Yanovsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Yanovsky"
    title: "Zal Yanovsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Yanovsky"
    title: "Zal Yanovsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%96%D7%9C%D7%9E%D7%9F_%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99"
    title: "זלמן ינובסקי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Yanovsky"
    title: "Zal Yanovsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Yanovsky"
    title: "Zal Yanovsky"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zal_Yanovsky"
    title: "Zal Yanovsky"
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  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%9C%E0%B0%B2%E0%B1%8D_%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8B%E0%B0%B5%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B8%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%95%E0%B1%80"
    title: "జల్ యనోవ్స్కీ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Zal Yanovsky"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump