# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-monroe-q170042
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:39:14.246Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-monroe-q170042"
name: "Bill Monroe"
slug: "bill-monroe-q170042"
description: "William Smith Monroe was an American mandolinist, singer, and songwriter who created the bluegrass music genre. For this reason, he is often called the \"Father of Bluegrass\"."
tagline: "American bluegrass musician, songwriter (1911-1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MonroeBrothers.jpg?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: "1911-09-13"
deathDate: "1996-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0598463"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump