# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/blind-lemon-jefferson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:24:38.698Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/blind-lemon-jefferson"
name: "Blind Lemon Jefferson"
slug: "blind-lemon-jefferson"
description: "Lemon Henry \"Blind Lemon\" Jefferson was an American blues and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. He was one of the most popular and successful blues singers of the 1920s and has been called the \"Father of the Texas blues\"."
tagline: "American blues singer and guitarist (1893–1929)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blindlemonjeffersoncirca1926.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1893-09-24"
deathDate: "1929-12-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             27.05049084419773
  historical:           22.59379333333334
  currentAttention:     4.36
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump