# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maurice-white
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:25:22.011Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maurice-white"
name: "Maurice White"
slug: "maurice-white"
description: "Maurice White was an American musician, best known as the founder, leader, main songwriter and chief producer of the band Earth, Wind & Fire, also serving as the band's co-lead singer with Philip Bailey."
tagline: "American musician (1941–2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maurice_White_75.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-12-19"
deathDate: "2016-02-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "MauriceWhiteEWF"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maurice White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Maurice White"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump