# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-akst
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:58:42.342Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-akst"
name: "Harry Akst"
slug: "harry-akst"
description: "Harry Akst was an American songwriter, who started out his career as a pianist in vaudeville accompanying singers such as Nora Bayes, Frank Fay and Al Jolson."
tagline: "American songwriter (1894–1963)"
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: "1894-08-15"
deathDate: "1963-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.74560933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005942/"
    handle:    "nm0005942"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/718966"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "هارى اكست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Akst"
    title: "Harry Akst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Akst"
    title: "Harry Akst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Akst"
    title: "Harry Akst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Akst"
    title: "Harry Akst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%B3%D8%AA"
    title: "هری اکست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Akst"
    title: "Harry Akst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Akst"
    title: "Harry Akst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Akst"
    title: "Harry Akst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Akst"
    title: "Harry Akst"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7eb43192-26a3-475b-9cf8-5244b3c600e7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962316"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/956981"
    title: "Harry Akst"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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