# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ralph-macdonald
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:50:30.341Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ralph-macdonald"
name: "Ralph MacDonald"
slug: "ralph-macdonald"
description: "Ralph Anthony MacDonald was an American percussionist, steelpan virtuoso, songwriter, musical arranger, and record producer."
tagline: "Trinbagonian-American percussionist, songwriter, musical arranger, record producer, steelpan virtuoso and philanthropist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/53/Ralph_MacDonald.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-03-15"
deathDate: "2011-12-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.63
  momentum:             0.8125247720967104
  historical:           12.56487466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1720443/"
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    title: "Ralph MacDonald"
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    title: "Ralph MacDonald"
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    title: "Ralph MacDonald"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump