# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lester-young
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:36:22.659Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lester-young"
name: "Lester Young"
slug: "lester-young"
description: "Lester Willis Young, nicknamed \"Pres\" or \"Prez\", was an American jazz tenor saxophonist and occasional clarinetist."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist (1909–1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lester_Young_(Gottlieb_09431).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1909-08-27"
deathDate: "1959-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0949818"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump