# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-nelson-q2662229
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:27:52.926Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-nelson-q2662229"
name: "John Nelson"
slug: "john-nelson-q2662229"
description: "John Wilton Nelson was an American conductor known for his productions of the music of Hector Berlioz."
tagline: "American conductor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Nelson_in_Orange_20220713.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: "1941-12-06"
deathDate: "2025-03-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.84
  momentum:             4.873949579831933
  historical:           10.28578266666667
  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: "John Nelson"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nelson_(conductor)"
    title: "John Nelson (conductor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nelson_(director_de_orquesta)"
    title: "John Nelson (director de orquesta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nelson_(chef_d'orchestre)"
    title: "John Nelson (chef d'orchestre)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%A0%D7%9C%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'ון נלסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Nelson (direttore d'orchestra)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8D%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3_(%E6%8C%87%E6%8F%AE%E8%80%85)"
    title: "ジョン・ネルソン (指揮者)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nelson_(dilekan)"
    title: "John Nelson (dilekan)"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f00f9497-6bad-40fb-b28b-e574f6bb27e6"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump