# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lester-sterling
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:50:22.759Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lester-sterling"
name: "Lester Sterling"
slug: "lester-sterling"
description: "Lester \"Ska\" Sterling OD, also known as Mr. Versatile, was a Jamaican trumpet and saxophone player."
tagline: "Jamaican musician (1936–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LSterling(cut).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1936-01-31"
deathDate: "2023-05-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.5
  momentum:             0.375
  historical:           7.475630666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2633311/"
    handle:    "nm2633311"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/105869"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA"
    title: "ليستير ستيرلينغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Sterling"
    title: "Lester Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Sterling"
    title: "Lester Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ff.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Sterling"
    title: "Lester Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Sterling"
    title: "Lester Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Sterling"
    title: "Lester Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_Sterling"
    title: "Lester Sterling"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/428585eb-03b3-4723-a72e-05539d944155"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q722879"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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