# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herschel-evans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:25:53.479Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herschel-evans"
name: "Herschel Evans"
slug: "herschel-evans"
description: "Herschel \"Tex\" Evans was an American tenor saxophonist who was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra. He also worked with Lionel Hampton and Buck Clayton. He is the cousin of Joe McQueen."
tagline: "American musician (1909–1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Herschel_Evans.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: "1909-03-09"
deathDate: "1939-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.7
  momentum:             0.2528735632183908
  historical:           12.28272266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0262834/"
    handle:    "nm0262834"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "هيرشل إيفانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيرشل ايفانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هیرشل ایفانز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Evans"
    title: "Herschel Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Evans"
    title: "Herschel Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Evans"
    title: "Herschel Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Evans"
    title: "Herschel Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Evans"
    title: "Herschel Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Evans"
    title: "Herschel Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ハーシェル・エヴァンス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Evans"
    title: "Herschel Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel_Evans"
    title: "Herschel Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%2C_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%BB"
    title: "Эванс, Хершел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/43046cc6-6a0b-42ef-9524-1b8ae5930127"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q491395"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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