# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nellie-melba
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:59:41.314Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nellie-melba"
name: "Nellie Melba"
slug: "nellie-melba"
description: "Dame Nellie Melba was an Australian operatic lyric coloratura soprano. She became one of the most famous singers of the late Victorian era and the early twentieth century, and was the first Australian to achieve international recognition as a classical musician. She took the pseudonym \"Melba\" from Melbourne, her home town."
tagline: "Australian opera singer (1861–1931)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nellie_Melba_1892.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "AU"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1861-05-19"
deathDate: "1931-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.125521074571561
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  currentAttention:     6.252894858730892
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm1673999"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump