# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ed-mann
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:18:27.729Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ed-mann"
name: "Ed Mann"
slug: "ed-mann"
description: "Edward L. Mann was an American musician best known for his mallet percussion performances onstage with Frank Zappa's ensemble from 1977 to 1988, and his appearances on over 30 of Zappa's albums, both studio recordings and with Zappa's band live. Mann also released a number of CDs as a bandleader and composer."
tagline: "American musician (1954–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EdMann_Budapest2007-fotoFelvegiAndrea.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: "1954-01-14"
deathDate: "2024-05-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.42
  momentum:             4.598540145985401
  historical:           11.428368
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0542733/"
    handle:    "nm0542733"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "إد مان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mann"
    title: "Ed Mann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mann"
    title: "Ed Mann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mann"
    title: "Ed Mann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mann"
    title: "Ed Mann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mann"
    title: "Ed Mann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mann"
    title: "Ed Mann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mann"
    title: "Ed Mann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "エド・マン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mann"
    title: "Ed Mann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Mann"
    title: "Ed Mann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/79a580a6-60b7-4cef-877c-6989596c4385"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q840371"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1096202"
    title: "Ed Mann"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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