# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rahsaan-roland-kirk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:31:55.339Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rahsaan-roland-kirk"
name: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
slug: "rahsaan-roland-kirk"
description: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk, known earlier in his career simply as Roland Kirk, was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist who played tenor saxophone, flute, and many other instruments. He was renowned for his onstage vitality; in his shows, virtuoso improvisation was accompanied by comic banter, political ranting, and the simultaneous playing of several instruments."
tagline: "American musician (1935-1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roland-Kirk.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1935-08-07"
deathDate: "1977-12-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.05
  momentum:             3.649921507064364
  historical:           21.47071466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2045414/"
    handle:    "nm2045414"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.alfanet.hu/kirk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/218045"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "راهسان رولاند كيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%BA"
    title: "Рахсан Роланд Кърк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DA%A9"
    title: "رسان رولاند کرک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF"
    title: "ローランド・カーク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4"
    title: "Кёрк, Роланд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Rahsaan_Roland_Kirk"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4a1f7fe0-e509-4c4a-9fa1-9cf6c3ca891c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q553921"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1049217"
    title: "Rahsaan Roland Kirk"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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