# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-ball
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:15:23.934Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-ball"
name: "Ernest Ball"
slug: "ernest-ball"
description: "Ernest Roland Ball was an American singer and songwriter, most famous for composing the music for the song \"When Irish Eyes Are Smiling\" in 1912. Ball was not Irish and neither were the lyricists."
tagline: "American musician (1878–1927)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernest_Ball.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: "1878-07-22"
deathDate: "1927-05-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.764905333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0050368/"
    handle:    "nm0050368"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/740344"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "إرنست بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Ball"
    title: "Ernest Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Ball"
    title: "Ernest Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Ball"
    title: "Ernest Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1fa2f756-833c-4367-b2b2-70f214da29b3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1566974"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5735299"
    title: "ernest balla"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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