# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lex-humphries
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:21:42.088Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lex-humphries"
name: "Lex Humphries"
slug: "lex-humphries"
description: "Lex Humphries was an American jazz drummer. He worked with two musicians known for mixing world music with jazz: Sun Ra and Yusef Lateef. As a member of Sun Ra's \"Arkestra\" he appeared in the film Space Is the Place."
tagline: "American drummer (1936–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lex_Humphries.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1936-08-22"
deathDate: "1994-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.3
  momentum:             0.5665024630541872
  historical:           7.482110666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402068/"
    handle:    "nm0402068"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%85%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "ليكس همفريز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%85%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2"
    title: "لیکس همفریز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Humphries"
    title: "Lex Humphries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Humphries"
    title: "Lex Humphries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Humphries"
    title: "Lex Humphries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Humphries"
    title: "Lex Humphries"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%84%D1%80%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Лекс Гамфріс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a9d6c18-4949-437f-88b9-83df93462569"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1822226"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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