# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-pierpont
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:46:26.458Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-pierpont"
name: "James Pierpont"
slug: "james-pierpont"
description: "James Lord Pierpont was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, organist, and Confederate soldier. Pierpont wrote and composed \"Jingle Bells\" in 1857, originally titled \"The One Horse Open Sleigh\"."
tagline: "Songwriter, arranger, and composer, best known for writing and composing \"Jingle Bells\" (1822–1893)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Lord_Pierpont.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: "1822-04-25"
deathDate: "1893-08-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.59554133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0682602/"
    handle:    "nm0682602"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چيمس لورد پيرپونت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Lord Pierpont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lord_Pierpont"
    title: "James Lord Pierpont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lord_Pierpont"
    title: "James Lord Pierpont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pierpont"
    title: "James Pierpont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pierpont"
    title: "James Pierpont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pierpont_(musicien)"
    title: "James Pierpont (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pierpont"
    title: "James Pierpont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pierpont"
    title: "James Pierpont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pierpont"
    title: "James Pierpont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lord_Pierpont"
    title: "James Lord Pierpont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lord_Pierpont"
    title: "James Lord Pierpont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Пирпонт, Джеймс Лорд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Pierpont"
    title: "James Pierpont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Lord_Pierpont"
    title: "James Lord Pierpont"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A9%B9%E5%A7%86%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E6%B4%9B%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E7%9A%AE%E7%88%BE%E9%BE%90%E7%89%B9"
    title: "詹姆斯·洛德·皮爾龐特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Pierpont_(musician)"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ff98b821-de0d-4a0e-9002-507bf323a97d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1344188"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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