# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/madurai-mani-iyer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:30:13.550Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/madurai-mani-iyer"
name: "Madurai Mani Iyer"
slug: "madurai-mani-iyer"
description: "Madurai Mani Iyer was an Indian Carnatic music singer, who was famous for his unique style. He was one of the most highly celebrated carnatic vocalists during the first half of the 20th century. He was renowned for his adept skills at singing kalpana swarams, neraval, and raga alapana. His music continues to be highly regarded today."
tagline: "Indian singer (1912-1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Madurai_Mani_Iyer_1948.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1912-10-25"
deathDate: "1968-06-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.41
  momentum:             19.58041958041958
  historical:           6.415012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2735555"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai_Mani_Iyer"
    title: "Madurai Mani Iyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai_Mani_Iyer"
    title: "Madurai Mani Iyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ಮಧುರೈ ಮಣಿ ಅಯ್ಯರ್"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A7%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%88_%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A3%E0%B4%BF_%E0%B4%85%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BC"
    title: "മധുരൈ മണി അയ്യർ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%88_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%90%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "மதுரை மணி ஐயர்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A6%E0%B1%81%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%88_%E0%B0%AE%E0%B0%A3%E0%B0%BF_%E0%B0%85%E0%B0%AF%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%AF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%8D"
    title: "మదురై మణి అయ్యర్"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/de901084-7ba3-424e-a209-9daeb40bc0b2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6728813"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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