# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-l-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:40:39.782Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-l-nelson"
name: "John L. Nelson"
slug: "john-l-nelson"
description: "John Lewis Nelson, also known by his stage name Prince Rogers, was an American jazz musician and songwriter. He was the father of musicians Prince and Tyka Nelson and a credited co-writer on some of his son's songs."
tagline: "American jazz musician, songwriter"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/John_L._Nelson.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
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: "1916-06-29"
deathDate: "2001-08-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.227546666666665
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625484/"
    handle:    "nm0625484"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/653118"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون لويس نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون لویس نیلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Nelson"
    title: "John L. Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Nelson"
    title: "John L. Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Nelson"
    title: "John L. Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_L._Nelson"
    title: "John L. Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%BA%A6%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E9%87%8C%E7%BB%B4%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%86%85%E5%B0%94%E6%A3%AE"
    title: "约翰·里维斯·内尔森"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dd428a20-ea1c-4dfa-ab60-52c064d6ef80"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6243659"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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