# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-merrill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:03:42.425Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-merrill"
name: "Bob Merrill"
slug: "bob-merrill"
description: "Henry Robert Merrill Levan was an American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter. Merrill was one of the most successful songwriters of the 1950s on the US and UK single charts. His musicals for the Broadway stage include Carnival! and Funny Girl (lyrics)."
tagline: "American songwriter, theatrical composer, lyricist, and screenwriter (1921-1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary_Tyler_Moore_Richard_Chamberlain_Holly_Golightly_musical_1966.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: "1921-05-17"
deathDate: "1998-02-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.38
  momentum:             0.031201248049922
  historical:           9.446296
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581265/"
    handle:    "nm0581265"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/570721"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "بوب ميريل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "بوب ميريل (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Merrill_(Songwriter)"
    title: "Bob Merrill (Songwriter)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Merrill"
    title: "Bob Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Merrill"
    title: "Bob Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Merrill"
    title: "Bob Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Merrill"
    title: "Bob Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%B1"
    title: "Меррилл, Боб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Merrill"
    title: "Bob Merrill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/86990915-bff6-4977-a37c-6b3c66615d45"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3641319"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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