# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josiah-ransome-kuti
# Generated: 2026-08-15T19:03:28.550Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josiah-ransome-kuti"
name: "Josiah Ransome-Kuti"
slug: "josiah-ransome-kuti"
description: "Josiah Jesse \"J.J.\" Ransome-Kuti was a Nigerian clergyman and music composer. He was known for setting Christian hymns to indigenous music, and for writing Christian hymns in Yoruba."
tagline: "Nigerian composer and clergyman"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Nigeria"
  isoCode: "NG"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1855-06-01"
deathDate: "1930-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.883334666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Ransome-Kuti"
    title: "Josiah Ransome-Kuti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "چوسياه رانسوم كوتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Ransome-Kuti"
    title: "Josiah Ransome-Kuti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://yo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Ransome-Kuti"
    title: "Josiah Ransome-Kuti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Ransome-Kuti"
    title: "Josiah Ransome-Kuti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josiah_Ransome-Kuti"
    title: "Josiah Ransome-Kuti"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23010049"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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