# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herb-ellis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:54:43.402Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herb-ellis"
name: "Herb Ellis"
slug: "herb-ellis"
description: "Mitchell Herbert Ellis was an American jazz guitarist. During the 1950s, he was in a trio with pianist Oscar Peterson."
tagline: "American jazz guitarist (1921–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herb_Ellis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1921-08-04"
deathDate: "2010-03-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.009501187648456
  historical:           19.36678266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "herbellismusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Herb Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ellis"
    title: "Herb Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ellis"
    title: "Herb Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herb Ellis"
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    title: "Herb Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herb Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "הרב אליס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herb Ellis (gitáros)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herb Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ハーブ・エリス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "허브 엘리스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herb Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Herb Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ellis"
    title: "Herb Ellis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb_Ellis"
    title: "Herb Ellis"
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    title: "Эллис, Херб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2053044"
    title: "Herb Ellis"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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