# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/les-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:35:50.021Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/les-brown"
name: "Les Brown"
slug: "les-brown"
description: "Lester Raymond Brown was an American jazz musician who for over six decades (1938–2000) led his big band, later called Les Brown and His Band of Renown."
tagline: "American bandleader (1912–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Les_Brown_1947.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: "1912-03-14"
deathDate: "2001-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.27
  momentum:             0.7069913589945014
  historical:           14.96480266666667
  currentAttention:     10
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0114089/"
    handle:    "nm0114089"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/403579"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ليه براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ليه براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%87_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "لیه براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown_(hudebn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "Les Brown (hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown"
    title: "Les Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown_(bandleader)"
    title: "Les Brown (bandleader)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown"
    title: "Les Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown"
    title: "Les Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown"
    title: "Les Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown"
    title: "Les Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown"
    title: "Les Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown"
    title: "Les Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81"
    title: "Браун, Лес"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Brown"
    title: "Les Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D1%81_%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD"
    title: "Лес Браун"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3ffc8b31-cfe8-44c9-aa2e-e82d3355e9b3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q353587"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219017"
    title: "Les Brown"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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