# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cootie-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:56:54.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cootie-williams"
name: "Cootie Williams"
slug: "cootie-williams"
description: "Charles Melvin \"Cootie\" Williams was an American jazz, jump blues, and rhythm and blues trumpeter."
tagline: "American jazz trumpeter (1911–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cootie_Williams%2C_between_1938_and_1948_(William_P._Gottlieb_09181).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: "1911-07-10"
deathDate: "1985-09-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.6
  momentum:             3.979591836734694
  historical:           14.036864
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1102362/"
    handle:    "nm1102362"
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    title: "Cootie Williams"
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    title: "Cootie Williams"
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    title: "Cootie Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cootie Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cootie_Williams"
    title: "Cootie Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cootie_Williams"
    title: "Cootie Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cootie_Williams"
    title: "Cootie Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cootie_Williams"
    title: "Cootie Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cootie_Williams"
    title: "Cootie Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cootie Williams"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Cootie Williams"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump