# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cassius-marcellus-clay-sr
# Generated: 2026-09-01T20:18:04.772Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cassius-marcellus-clay-sr"
name: "Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr."
slug: "cassius-marcellus-clay-sr"
description: "Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. was an American painter and musician. He was the father of three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali and Rahaman Ali, and the paternal grandfather of Laila Ali. He married Odessa Lee O'Grady in 1934 and worked as a painter. He was described as \"a handsome, mercurial, noisy, combative failed dreamer\" and a \"hard-drinking, skirt-chasing dandy of a daddy\". His son Muhammad Ali described him as \"the fanciest dancer in Louisville\"."
tagline: "American artist (1912-1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CONQUEROR_FROM_ROME.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1912-11-11"
deathDate: "1990-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.417193333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5018934/"
    handle:    "nm5018934"
sources:
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    title: "كاسيوس مارسيلوس كلاى الاب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassius_Marcellus_Clay_Sr."
    title: "Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassius_Marcellus_Clay_Sr."
    title: "Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "カシアス・マーセラス・クレイ・シニア"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B3_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D9%84%DB%92_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A6%D8%B1"
    title: "کیسیئس مارسیلس کلے سینئر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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