# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cat-anderson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:43:25.485Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cat-anderson"
name: "Cat Anderson"
slug: "cat-anderson"
description: "William Alonzo \"Cat\" Anderson was an American jazz trumpeter known for his long period as a member of Duke Ellington's orchestra and for his wide range, especially his ability to play in the altissimo register."
tagline: "American jazz trumpeter (1916–1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cat_Anderson%2C_Aquarium%2C_New_York%2C_N.Y.%2C_between_1946_and_1948_(William_P._Gottlieb_00081).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: "1916-09-12"
deathDate: "1981-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.623436
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5991335/"
    handle:    "nm5991335"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/309983"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A3%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كات أندرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Anderson"
    title: "Cat Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Anderson"
    title: "Cat Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Anderson"
    title: "Cat Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Anderson"
    title: "Cat Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cat_Anderson"
    title: "William Cat Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Anderson"
    title: "Cat Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "キャット・アンダーソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Anderson"
    title: "Cat Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Anderson"
    title: "Cat Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Anderson"
    title: "Cat Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Anderson"
    title: "Cat Anderson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e58d894d-d6a1-49c0-aee2-8350af5c68a8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1050088"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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