# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/les-elgart
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:43:56.370Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/les-elgart"
name: "Les Elgart"
slug: "les-elgart"
description: "Lester Elliott Elgart was an American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter."
tagline: "American swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter (1917-1995)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bandleader_Les_Elgart.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: "1917-08-03"
deathDate: "1995-07-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.011844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0253370/"
    handle:    "nm0253370"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1058636"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Elgart"
    title: "Les Elgart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Elgart"
    title: "Les Elgart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Elgart"
    title: "Les Elgart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Elgart"
    title: "Les Elgart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Elgart"
    title: "Les Elgart"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e41fd7f0-b3a9-44eb-a27f-5efc4331ade3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1820504"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2952955"
    title: "Les Elgart"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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