# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernie-ball
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:16:33.277Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernie-ball"
name: "Ernie Ball"
slug: "ernie-ball"
description: "Ernie Ball was an American entrepreneur and musician who developed guitar-related products. Ball began as a club and local television musician and entrepreneur, building an international business in guitars and accessories. Ernie Ball Inc. is the eponymous corporation Ball started to market guitar accessories."
tagline: "American entrepreneur"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Founders"
  slug: "founders"
profileType:
  name: "Founder"
  slug: "founder"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q131524"
birthDate: "1930-08-30"
deathDate: "2004-09-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.9
  momentum:             3.041095890410958
  historical:           11.922976
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ernieball.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/5023074"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ball"
    title: "Ernie Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "إيرني بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ايرنى بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ایرنی بال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ball"
    title: "Ernie Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ball"
    title: "Ernie Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ball"
    title: "Ernie Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ball_(entrepreneur)"
    title: "Ernie Ball (entrepreneur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ball"
    title: "Ernie Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "アーニー・ボール"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ball"
    title: "Ernie Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Ball"
    title: "Ernie Ball"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d46fc8e1-2542-4548-b7e9-032185fe4856"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179327"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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