# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-shirley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:26:13.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-shirley"
name: "George Shirley"
slug: "george-shirley"
description: "George Irving Shirley is an American operatic tenor, and was the first African-American tenor to perform a leading role at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City."
tagline: "American tenor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Shirley.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: "1934-04-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.56
  momentum:             5.625
  historical:           8.545753333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/899900"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A"
    title: "جورج شيرلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "جورج شيرلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shirley"
    title: "George Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shirley"
    title: "George Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shirley"
    title: "George Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shirley"
    title: "George Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shirley"
    title: "George Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Shirley"
    title: "George Shirley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a2e16b31-280b-4554-b53c-6fceff122b08"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101916"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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