# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mercer-ellington
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:44:55.343Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mercer-ellington"
name: "Mercer Ellington"
slug: "mercer-ellington"
description: "Mercer Kennedy Ellington was an American musician, composer, and arranger. His father was Duke Ellington, whose band Mercer led for 20 years after his father's death."
tagline: "American musician (1919–1996)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mercer_Ellington.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: "1919-03-11"
deathDate: "1996-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.116511559951476
  historical:           14.88039333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254160/"
    handle:    "nm0254160"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميرسير الينجتون"
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    title: "Mercer Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Ellington"
    title: "Mercer Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Ellington"
    title: "Mercer Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Ellington"
    title: "Mercer Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Ellington"
    title: "Mercer Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Ellington"
    title: "Mercer Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Ellington"
    title: "Mercer Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Ellington"
    title: "Mercer Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Ellington"
    title: "Mercer Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Ellington"
    title: "Mercer Ellington"
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    title: "Mercer Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Ellington"
    title: "Mercer Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Ellington"
    title: "Mercer Ellington"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercer_Ellington"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump