# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-dawson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:35:36.614Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-dawson"
name: "Alan Dawson"
slug: "alan-dawson"
description: "Alan Dawson was an American jazz drummer and percussion teacher based in Boston."
tagline: "American musician (1929–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan_Dawson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1929-07-14"
deathDate: "1996-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.9
  momentum:             8.840431169818112
  historical:           9.0441
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3771087/"
    handle:    "nm3771087"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/251688"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%86_(%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B0_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A)"
    title: "ألان دوسن (أستاذ جامعي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "الان دوسن (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dawson"
    title: "Alan Dawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dawson"
    title: "Alan Dawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dawson"
    title: "Alan Dawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dawson"
    title: "Alan Dawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dawson"
    title: "Alan Dawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Dawson"
    title: "Alan Dawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/337ead4d-6988-4e31-a11e-b1735bffe235"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q716878"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2581149"
    title: "Alan Dawson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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