# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otis-spann
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:21:46.404Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otis-spann"
name: "Otis Spann"
slug: "otis-spann"
description: "Otis Spann was an American blues musician many consider the leading postwar Chicago blues pianist."
tagline: "American Chicago blues pianist (1930–1970)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Otis_Spann.jpg"
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: "1930-03-21"
deathDate: "1970-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.68
  momentum:             10.56818181818182
  historical:           18.00065333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1302494/"
    handle:    "nm1302494"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0xeI9Z0Uhs8bYGBRpqq88X"
    handle:    "Otis Spann"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "اوتيس سپان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bar.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%8C%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%82_%CE%A3%CF%80%CE%B1%CE%BD"
    title: "Ότις Σπαν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3"
    title: "オーティス・スパン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%98%A4%ED%8B%B0%EC%8A%A4_%EC%8A%A4%ED%8C%AC"
    title: "오티스 스팬"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9E%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Спэнн, Отис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis_Spann"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%82%D1%96%D1%81_%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD"
    title: "Отіс Спенн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ff609eb0-5425-4963-9e55-85d729f4648e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349079"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1125294"
    title: "Otis Spann"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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