# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lester-flatt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:06:42.670Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lester-flatt"
name: "Lester Flatt"
slug: "lester-flatt"
description: "Lester Raymond Flatt was an American singer, bluegrass guitarist, and mandolinist, best known for his collaboration with banjo picker Earl Scruggs in the duo Flatt and Scruggs."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Earl_Scruggs_and_Lester_Flatt.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: "1914-06-19"
deathDate: "1979-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.21304266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281296/"
    handle:    "nm0281296"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/692198"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA"
    title: "ليستير فلات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Flatt"
    title: "Lester Flatt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Flatt"
    title: "Lester Flatt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Flatt"
    title: "Lester Flatt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Flatt"
    title: "Lester Flatt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Flatt"
    title: "Lester Flatt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Flatt"
    title: "Lester Flatt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%83%88"
    title: "レスター・フラット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Flatt"
    title: "Lester Flatt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Flatt"
    title: "Lester Flatt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a9468a9a-b5ea-43b8-85c7-d86542bd2537"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1346706"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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