# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-scott-q1383575
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:16:06.998Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-scott-q1383575"
name: "James Scott"
slug: "james-scott-q1383575"
description: "James Sylvester Scott was an American ragtime composer and pianist. He is regarded as one of the \"Big Three\" composers of classical ragtime along with Scott Joplin and Joseph Lamb."
tagline: "American ragtime composer (1885–1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_scott_new_edited.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: "1885-02-12"
deathDate: "1938-08-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.8
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.240824
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "James Scott (Komponist)"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(composer)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "James Scott (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(muusikko)"
    title: "James Scott (muusikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Scott_(musicien)"
    title: "James Scott (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ջեյմս Սքոթ (երգահան)"
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    title: "James Scott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Scott"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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