# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/m-d-ramanathan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:58:05.457Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/m-d-ramanathan"
name: "M. D. Ramanathan"
slug: "m-d-ramanathan"
description: "Manjapara Devesa Ramanathan was a Carnatic music composer and vocalist who created a distinctive style of singing rich in Bhava and Laya. He was considered for the Madras Music Academy's Sangeetha Kalanidhi award in 1983. However, the award for that year was given to Sripada Pinakapani."
tagline: "Indian composer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1923-05-20"
deathDate: "1984-04-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.8
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.544277333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4676e6c8-2862-435b-a02c-4d1077101885"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%85._%D8%AF%D9%89._%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ام. دى. راماناثان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._D._Ramanathan"
    title: "M. D. Ramanathan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%8E%E0%B2%82.%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BF.%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A5%E0%B2%A8%E0%B3%8D"
    title: "ಎಂ.ಡಿ.ರಾಮನಾಥನ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%8E%E0%B4%82.%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%BF._%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A5%E0%B5%BB"
    title: "എം.ഡി. രാമനാഥൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%8E%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D._%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF._%E0%AE%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "எம். டி. இராமநாதன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%8E%E0%B0%82.%E0%B0%A1%E0%B0%BF.%E0%B0%B0%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A8%E0%B0%BE%E0%B0%A5%E0%B0%A8%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "ఎం.డి.రామనాథన్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6712517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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