# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/frank-stokes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:17:06.484Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/frank-stokes"
name: "Frank Stokes"
slug: "frank-stokes"
description: "Frank Stokes was an American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel, who is considered by many musicologists to be the father of the Memphis blues guitar style."
tagline: "American blues musician, songster, and blackface minstrel (1888–1955)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Frank_Stokes.jpg"
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: "1888-01-01"
deathDate: "1955-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.013716
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/596162"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "فرانك ستوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "فرانك ستوكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stokes_(hudebn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "Frank Stokes (hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stokes"
    title: "Frank Stokes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stokes_(musician)"
    title: "Frank Stokes (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stokes_(muzikisto)"
    title: "Frank Stokes (muzikisto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stokes"
    title: "Frank Stokes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stokes"
    title: "Frank Stokes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Stokes"
    title: "Frank Stokes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/35992a97-e1c5-4987-96dd-9a03f358a69d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q708423"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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