# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-thigpen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:41:26.431Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-thigpen"
name: "Ben Thigpen"
slug: "ben-thigpen"
description: "Ben Thigpen was an American jazz drummer. He is the father of drummer Ed Thigpen."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1908-1971)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1908-11-16"
deathDate: "1971-10-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.32
  momentum:             12.78975741239893
  historical:           5.468970666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  35
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Thigpen"
    title: "Ben Thigpen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Thigpen"
    title: "Ben Thigpen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Thigpen"
    title: "Ben Thigpen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/313174"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Thigpen"
    title: "Ben Thigpen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/05ad19f4-2ce3-4f2c-9022-6c29b9bc9922"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2895580"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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