# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernie-barnes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:25:50.653Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernie-barnes"
name: "Ernie Barnes"
slug: "ernie-barnes"
description: "Ernest Eugene Barnes Jr. was an American artist, well known for his unique style of elongated characters and movement. He was also a professional football player, actor and author."
tagline: "African-American painter (1938-2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernie_Barnes.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1938-07-15"
deathDate: "2009-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.86
  momentum:             4.136291600633913
  historical:           8.700008
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055586/"
    handle:    "nm0055586"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://erniebarnes.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2237451"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "إيرني بارنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ايرنى بارنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Barnes"
    title: "Ernie Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Barnes"
    title: "Ernie Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Barnes"
    title: "Ernie Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie_Barnes"
    title: "Ernie Barnes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Ерни Барнес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ernie_Barnes"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5902f263-413f-40c5-8775-031992a48f17"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2158334"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213870"
    title: "Ernie Barnes"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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