# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mel-allen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:30:32.601Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mel-allen"
name: "Mel Allen"
slug: "mel-allen"
description: "Mel Allen was an American sportscaster, best known for his long tenure as the primary play-by-play announcer for the New York Yankees. During the peak of his career in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Allen was arguably the most prominent member of his profession, his voice familiar to millions. Years after his death, he is still promoted as having been \"The Voice of the Yankees.\""
tagline: "American sports announcer (1913–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mel_Allen_NYWTS.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1913-02-14"
deathDate: "1996-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.52
  momentum:             5.021645021645022
  historical:           8.270601333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0020827/"
    handle:    "nm0020827"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ميل ألين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ميل الين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Allen"
    title: "Mel Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Allen"
    title: "Mel Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Allen"
    title: "Mel Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Allen"
    title: "Mel Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Allen"
    title: "Mel Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Allen"
    title: "Mel Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3178690"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1244681"
    title: "Mel Allen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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