# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/katherine-dunham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:00:42.276Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/katherine-dunham"
name: "Katherine Dunham"
slug: "katherine-dunham"
description: "Katherine Mary Dunham was an American dancer, choreographer, anthropologist, and social activist. One of the most renowned modern dance artists of the 20th century, she has been called the \"matriarch and queen mother of black dance.\""
tagline: "American dancer, choreographer, songwriter, actress and activist (1909/1912–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Katherine_Dunham_ppmsca.05792.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1909-06-22"
deathDate: "2006-05-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 168
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump