# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-block
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:51:58.561Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-block"
name: "Martin Block"
slug: "martin-block"
description: "Martin Block was an American disc jockey. It is said that Walter Winchell invented the term \"disc jockey\" as a means of describing Block's radio work."
tagline: "American disc jockey (1903–1967)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Martin_Block_on_ABC_1957.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1903-02-03"
deathDate: "1967-09-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.07
  momentum:             10.78125
  historical:           7.278582666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0088751/"
    handle:    "nm0088751"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7a2f6960-d46a-4acb-9411-3553aa019aa7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "مارتن بلوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "مارتن بلوك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Block_(Moderator)"
    title: "Martin Block (Moderator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Block"
    title: "Martin Block"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Block"
    title: "Martin Block"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Block"
    title: "Martin Block"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Block"
    title: "Martin Block"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453930"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1250176"
    title: "Martin Block"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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