# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pal-kalmar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:52:37.623Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pal-kalmar"
name: "Pál Kalmár"
slug: "pal-kalmar"
description: "Pál Kalmár was a Hungarian pop singer who is noted as being the first singer to perform \"Gloomy Sunday\". He was at the height of his fame in the 1930s and 1940s but continued singing into the 1960s.\nPál Kalmár's musical history is also well documented in Saly Noemi's book A Tangókirály."
tagline: "Hungarian pop singer (1900–1988)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kalm%C3%A1r_P%C3%A1l-cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1900-09-05"
deathDate: "1988-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.98
  momentum:             9.642857142857146
  historical:           9.672570666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0436134/"
    handle:    "nm0436134"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1120613"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "بال كالمار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "پال کالمار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "پال کالمار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l_Kalm%C3%A1r"
    title: "Pál Kalmár"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l_Kalm%C3%A1r"
    title: "Pál Kalmár"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%84_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "پال کالمار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalm%C3%A1r_P%C3%A1l"
    title: "Kalmár Pál"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l_Kalm%C3%A1r"
    title: "Pál Kalmár"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BB"
    title: "Калмар, Пал"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/571652bf-1c2d-4029-b653-fe26f1ae6784"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7264028"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1966434"
    title: "Pál Kalmár"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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