# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norman-shetler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:34:32.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norman-shetler"
name: "Norman Shetler"
slug: "norman-shetler"
description: "Norman Shetler was an American-born pianist, puppeteer, puppet constructor and piano professor who lived most of his adult life in Austria."
tagline: "American puppeteer and pianist (1931–2024)"
gender: "male"
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: "1931-06-16"
deathDate: "2024-06-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.97
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.006264
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3495314/"
    handle:    "nm3495314"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://normanshetler.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/657574"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%B1"
    title: "نورمان شتلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Shetler"
    title: "Norman Shetler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Shetler"
    title: "Norman Shetler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Shetler"
    title: "Norman Shetler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Shetler"
    title: "Norman Shetler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Shetler"
    title: "Norman Shetler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/02fd93f4-c04b-4568-bbe8-e9cdd6849aad"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q86131"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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