# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-ventura
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:42:20.150Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-ventura"
name: "Ray Ventura"
slug: "ray-ventura"
description: "Raymond Ventura was a French jazz pianist and bandleader. He helped popularize jazz in France in the 1930s. His nephew was singer Sacha Distel."
tagline: "French musician (1908–1979)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ray_Ventura.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1908-04-16"
deathDate: "1979-03-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.76
  momentum:             15
  historical:           15.89616133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893364/"
    handle:    "nm0893364"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "راي فينتورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "راى فينتورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ray Ventura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Ventura"
    title: "Ray Ventura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Ventura_(pianist)"
    title: "Ray Ventura (pianist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Ventura"
    title: "Ray Ventura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ری ونتورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Ventura"
    title: "Ray Ventura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Ventura"
    title: "Ray Ventura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ռեյ Վենտուրա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Ventura"
    title: "Ray Ventura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A9"
    title: "レイ・ヴァンチュラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Ventura"
    title: "Ray Ventura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Ventura"
    title: "Ray Ventura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B9"
    title: "Вентура, Рэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0"
    title: "Рей Вентура"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q513644"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Ray Ventura"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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