# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barney-bigard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:28:03.263Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barney-bigard"
name: "Barney Bigard"
slug: "barney-bigard"
description: "Albany Leon \"Barney\" Bigard was an American jazz clarinetist known for his 15-year tenure with Duke Ellington. He also played tenor saxophone."
tagline: "American jazz clarinetist, jazz musician (1906-1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barney_Bigard_1947.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1906-03-03"
deathDate: "1980-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51
  momentum:             4.009756097560977
  historical:           16.451696
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0081708/"
    handle:    "nm0081708"
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    title: "Barney Bigard"
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    title: "Barney Bigard"
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    title: "Barney Bigard"
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    title: "Barney Bigard"
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    title: "Barney Bigard"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump