# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-emmett
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:17:07.301Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-emmett"
name: "Dan Emmett"
slug: "dan-emmett"
description: "Daniel Decatur Emmett was an American composer, entertainer, and founder of the first troupe of the blackface minstrel tradition, the Virginia Minstrels. He is most remembered as the composer of the song \"Dixie\"."
tagline: "American entertainer and composer (1815-1904)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dan_Emmett_portrait.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: "1815-10-29"
deathDate: "1904-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.64
  momentum:             1.016042780748663
  historical:           9.291044
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0256531/"
    handle:    "nm0256531"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2kJcbctXa1Ifr88HROCjZR"
    handle:    "2kJcbctXa1Ifr88HROCjZR"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "دان إيميت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Decatur_Emmett"
    title: "Daniel Decatur Emmett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Emmett"
    title: "Dan Emmett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Decatur_Emmett"
    title: "Daniel Decatur Emmett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Decatur_Emmett"
    title: "Daniel Decatur Emmett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Emmett"
    title: "Daniel Emmett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B9%C2%B7%E8%89%BE%E7%BE%8E%E7%89%B9"
    title: "丹·艾美特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Dan_Emmett"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/64d30a3f-3e5d-4a66-99c8-ee383c9334f3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3602423"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2947191"
    title: "Dan Emmett"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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