# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leon-chancler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:17:31.910Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leon-chancler"
name: "Leon Chancler"
slug: "leon-chancler"
description: "Leon \"Ndugu\" Chancler was an American R&B, funk, and jazz drummer. He was also a composer, producer, and university professor."
tagline: "American musician (1952–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Miles_Davis-140916-0018-105WPa.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: "1952-07-01"
deathDate: "2018-02-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.21822666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151271/"
    handle:    "nm0151271"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ليون ندوجو تشانكلير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Chancler"
    title: "Leon Chancler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Ndugu_Chancler"
    title: "Leon Ndugu Chancler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_%22Ndugu%22_Chancler"
    title: "Leon \"Ndugu\" Chancler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_%22Ndugu%22_Chancler"
    title: "Leon \"Ndugu\" Chancler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_%E2%80%9ENdugu%E2%80%9D_Chancler"
    title: "Leon „Ndugu” Chancler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC"
    title: "レオン・チャンクラー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_'Ndugu'_Chancler"
    title: "Leon 'Ndugu' Chancler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_%C2%ABNdugu%C2%BB_Chancler"
    title: "Leon «Ndugu» Chancler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Chancler"
    title: "Leon Chancler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_%22Ndugu%22_Chancler"
    title: "Leon \"Ndugu\" Chancler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_%E2%80%9ENdugu%E2%80%9D_Chancler"
    title: "Leon „Ndugu” Chancler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_%22Ndugu%22_Chancler"
    title: "Leon \"Ndugu\" Chancler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/138fe48e-9ae8-4cca-a712-76a67eef1dac"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q382115"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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