# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-handy
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:57:31.426Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-handy"
name: "John Handy"
slug: "john-handy"
description: "John Richard Handy III is an American jazz musician most commonly associated with the alto saxophone. He also sings and plays the tenor and baritone saxophone, saxello, clarinet, and oboe."
tagline: "American jazz musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Handy_1977.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: "1933-02-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.9
  momentum:             23.84383088869716
  historical:           8.411957333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2794579/"
    handle:    "nm2794579"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnhandy.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/233016"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%89"
    title: "جون هاندى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Handy"
    title: "John Handy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Handy"
    title: "John Handy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Handy"
    title: "John Handy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Handy"
    title: "John Handy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Handy"
    title: "John Handy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Handy"
    title: "John Handy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/aaa9ddcf-0257-4e0a-ba4c-15993c8c0015"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700362"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2025745"
    title: "John Handy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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