# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/elton-dean
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:41:18.970Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/elton-dean"
name: "Elton Dean"
slug: "elton-dean"
description: "Elton Dean was an English jazz musician who performed on alto saxophone, saxello and occasionally keyboards. Part of the Canterbury scene, he featured in Soft Machine, among others."
tagline: "British saxophonist (1945–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/EltonDean01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1945-10-28"
deathDate: "2006-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.75
  historical:           14.73557066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1304628/"
    handle:    "nm1304628"
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    title: "Elton Dean"
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    title: "Elton Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elton Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elton Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Elton Dean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump