# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/may-aufderheide
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:35:56.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/may-aufderheide"
name: "May Aufderheide"
slug: "may-aufderheide"
description: "May Frances Aufderheide Kaufman was an American composer of ragtime music. She was probably the best known among female ragtime composers. She received training in art music and visited Europe on a grand tour, yet decided to compose in ragtime."
tagline: "American composer (1888–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Thriller_Rag.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1888-05-21"
deathDate: "1972-09-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.01
  momentum:             1.714285714285714
  historical:           8.340425333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%81%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "ماى اوفديريد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Aufderheide"
    title: "May Aufderheide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Aufderheidov%C3%A1"
    title: "May Aufderheidová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Aufderheide"
    title: "May Aufderheide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Aufderheide"
    title: "May Aufderheide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Aufderheide"
    title: "May Aufderheide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Aufderheide"
    title: "May Aufderheide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Aufderheide"
    title: "May Aufderheide"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0e0a83e0-dc8c-4ae1-a3eb-9b1fa621f738"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q440984"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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