# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/donga
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:41:36.258Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/donga"
name: "Donga"
slug: "donga"
description: "Ernesto Joaquim Maria dos Santos, better known as Donga, was a Brazilian guitarist and composer. He composed what is considered the first recorded samba, the 1916 song Pelo Telefone."
tagline: "Brazilian musician (1890–1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernesto_Santos_(Donga)_2_(1972).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Brazil"
  isoCode: "BR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1890-04-05"
deathDate: "1974-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.484594666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232491/"
    handle:    "nm0232491"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/339308"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "دونجا (عازف جيتار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donga_(Musiker)"
    title: "Donga (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donga_(musician)"
    title: "Donga (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donga_(musicien)"
    title: "Donga (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donga_(zen%C3%A9sz)"
    title: "Donga (zenész)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donga_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Donga (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d72a9ed0-046e-4a5c-a0a1-0f4a5c12a6d1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1241293"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2260347"
    title: "Donga"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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