# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-elmsley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:57:31.185Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-elmsley"
name: "Alex Elmsley"
slug: "alex-elmsley"
description: "Alex Elmsley was a Scottish magician and computer programmer. He was notable for his invention of the Ghost Count or Elmsley Count, creating mathematical card tricks, and for publishing on the mathematics of playing card shuffling."
tagline: "Magician famous for the Elmsley Count (1929–2006)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1929-03-02"
deathDate: "2006-01-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.48
  momentum:             10.58823529411765
  historical:           6.808172
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3541944"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A5%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "أليكس إلمسلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "اليكس المسلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Elmsley"
    title: "Alex Elmsley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Elmsley"
    title: "Alex Elmsley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Elmsley"
    title: "Alex Elmsley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Elmsley"
    title: "Alex Elmsley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%9A%E5%8E%86%E5%85%8B%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%9F%83%E5%B0%94%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%E5%88%A9"
    title: "亚历克斯·埃尔姆斯利"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q621489"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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