Jacques Brel

E350490
actor chanson singer composer film director human poet singer-songwriter

Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter and performer renowned for his emotionally intense, poetic chansons that became classics of French-language music.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Jacques Brel canonical 17
Jacques Romain Georges Brel 2
Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel 1

Statements (66)

Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
chanson singer ⓘ
composer ⓘ
film director ⓘ
human ⓘ
poet ⓘ
singer-songwriter ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1978 ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1950 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Grand Jacques ⓘ
Jacques Brel ⓘ
surface form: Jacques Romain Georges Brel
awardReceived Grand Prix du Disque ⓘ
burialPlace Prazeres Cemetery ⓘ
surface form: Calvaire Cemetery

Hiva Oa ⓘ
Marquesas Islands ⓘ
causeOfDeath lung cancer ⓘ
citizenship Belgium ⓘ
countryOfBirth Belgium ⓘ
countryOfDeath France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1929-04-08 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1978-10-09 ⓘ
familyName Jacques Brel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brel
fullName Jacques Brel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jacques Romain Georges Brel
genre French pop ⓘ
cabaret ⓘ
chanson ⓘ
givenName Jacques ⓘ
influenced David Bowie ⓘ
Leonard Cohen ⓘ
Renaud ⓘ
Scott Walker ⓘ
Serge Lama ⓘ
influencedBy Charles Trenet ⓘ
Georges Brassens ⓘ
instrument voice ⓘ
languageOfWork French ⓘ
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableAlbum Jacques Brel 67 ⓘ
Les Marquises ⓘ
notableRole L’aventure, c’est l’aventure ⓘ
L'Emmerdeur ⓘ
surface form: L’emmerdeur

Mon oncle Benjamin ⓘ
notableWork Amsterdam ⓘ
Ces gens-là ⓘ
La chanson des vieux amants ⓘ
Le plat pays ⓘ
Les Flamandes ⓘ
Les Bonbons ⓘ
surface form: Les bonbons

Mathilde ⓘ
Ne Me Quitte Pas ⓘ
surface form: Ne me quitte pas

Quand on n’a que l’amour ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
composer ⓘ
film director ⓘ
lyricist ⓘ
singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Schaerbeek ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bobigny NERFINISHED ⓘ
Seine-Saint-Denis ⓘ
residence Brussels, Belgium ⓘ
surface form: Brussels

Paris ⓘ
spouse Thérèse Michielsen ⓘ
style emotionally intense performance ⓘ
poetic lyrics ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia → hasNotableResident → Jacques Brel ⓘ
subject surface form: Atuona
Atuona, Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia → burialPlaceOf → Jacques Brel ⓘ
subject surface form: Atuona
Calvary Cemetery, Atuona, Hiva Oa → hasGraveOf → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Calvary Cemetery, Atuona, Hiva Oa → hasNotableBurial → Jacques Brel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel
Atuona, Hiva Oa → hasGraveOf → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Atuona, Hiva Oa → notableResident → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Jacques Brel songs → creator → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Jacques Brel (temporary burial) → mainSubject → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Jacques Brel (temporary burial) → appliesToPerson → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Jacques Brel → fullName → Jacques Brel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jacques Romain Georges Brel
Jacques Brel → familyName → Jacques Brel self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brel
Jacques Brel → alsoKnownAs → Jacques Brel ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jacques Romain Georges Brel
Jacques Brel Museum → dedicatedTo → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Jacques Brel Museum → namedAfter → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Atuona → hasGraveOf → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Atuona → hasNotableResident → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Hiva Oa → containsGraveOf → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Ne Me Quitte Pas → composer → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Ne Me Quitte Pas → lyricist → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Ne Me Quitte Pas → performer → Jacques Brel ⓘ
Ne Me Quitte Pas → notableInterpreter → Jacques Brel ⓘ