# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ballard-macdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:11:27.006Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ballard-macdonald"
name: "Ballard MacDonald"
slug: "ballard-macdonald"
description: "Ballard MacDonald was an American lyricist, who was one of the writers of Tin Pan Alley."
tagline: "American lyricist (1882–1935)"
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: "1882-10-15"
deathDate: "1935-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.35
  momentum:             7.170731707317073
  historical:           7.679338666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0531619/"
    handle:    "nm0531619"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بالارد ماكدونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard_MacDonald"
    title: "Ballard MacDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بالارد مک‌دونالد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard_MacDonald"
    title: "Ballard MacDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%93_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%93"
    title: "בלארד מקדונלד"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballard_MacDonald"
    title: "Ballard MacDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ab00597c-43f1-41c4-98ee-6934dcd4179c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Ballard MacDonald"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump