# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/daryl-davis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:34:57.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/daryl-davis"
name: "Daryl Davis"
slug: "daryl-davis"
description: "Daryl Davis is an American R&B and blues musician and activist. His efforts to fight racism by engaging members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) have convinced dozens of Klansmen to leave and denounce the KKK. Known for his energetic style of boogie-woogie piano, Davis has played with such musicians as Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, B. B. King, and Bruce Hornsby."
tagline: "American R&B and blues musician, activist, author, actor and bandleader"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daryl_Davis_in_2017_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-03-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "realdaryldavis"
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    handle:    "daryl-davis-5226b24"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm6522386"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.daryldavis.com/"
sources:
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    title: "داريل ديفيس"
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    title: "داريل ديفيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Daryl Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daryl_Davis"
    title: "Daryl Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Daryl Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump