# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/desi-arnaz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:14:06.776Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/desi-arnaz"
name: "Desi Arnaz"
slug: "desi-arnaz"
description: "Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III, known as Desi Arnaz, was a Cuban-American actor, musician, producer, and bandleader. He played Ricky Ricardo on the American television sitcom I Love Lucy, in which he co-starred with his wife Lucille Ball. Arnaz and Ball are credited as the innovators of the syndicated rerun, which they pioneered with the I Love Lucy series."
tagline: "Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer (1917-1986)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Desi_Arnaz_1950.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1917-03-02"
deathDate: "1986-12-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.62
  momentum:             1.56483161927808
  historical:           25.426976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000789/"
    handle:    "nm0000789"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديسى ارناز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Деси Арнас"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دێسی ئارناز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Desi Arnaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Desi Arnaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Desi Arnaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Desi Arnaz"
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    title: "Դեսի Առնաս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Desi Arnaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Desi Arnaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "デジ・アーナズ"
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    title: "데지 아너즈"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ഡെസി അർനാസ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Desi Arnaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi_Arnaz"
    title: "Desi Arnaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi_Arnaz"
    title: "Desi Arnaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi_Arnaz"
    title: "Desi Arnaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desi_Arnaz"
    title: "Desi Arnaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Desi Arnaz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/91711"
    title: "Desi Arnaz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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