# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alger-texas-alexander
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:10:27.247Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alger-texas-alexander"
name: "Alger \"Texas\" Alexander"
slug: "alger-texas-alexander"
description: "Alger \"Texas\" Alexander was an American blues singer from Jewett, Texas. Some sources claim that he was the cousin of Lightnin' Hopkins, but no direct kinship has been established. It has also been asserted that he was the uncle of the Texas country blues guitarist Frankie Lee Sims."
tagline: "American blues singer (1900–1954)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alger_%22Texas%22_Alexander.png?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: "1900-09-12"
deathDate: "1954-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.64
  momentum:             0.4511278195488723
  historical:           10.28769066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307314"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "الجير تيكساس اليكساندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Alexander"
    title: "Texas Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_%22Texas%22_Alexander"
    title: "Alger \"Texas\" Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_%22Texas%22_Alexander"
    title: "Alger \"Texas\" Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Alexander"
    title: "Texas Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Alexander"
    title: "Texas Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alger_%22Texas%22_Alexander"
    title: "Alger \"Texas\" Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%95%A8%EC%A0%80_%22%ED%85%8D%EC%82%AC%EC%8A%A4%22_%EC%95%8C%EB%A0%89%EC%82%B0%EB%8D%94"
    title: "앨저 \"텍사스\" 알렉산더"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Alexander"
    title: "Texas Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Alexander"
    title: "Texas Alexander"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/38fc7fcc-c5a6-4a7b-afeb-3e024969dc36"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349298"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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