# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ross-bagdasarian-sr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:31:43.886Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ross-bagdasarian-sr"
name: "Ross Bagdasarian Sr."
slug: "ross-bagdasarian-sr"
description: "Ross S. Bagdasarian, also known by his stage name David Seville, was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor best known for creating the cartoon band Alvin and the Chipmunks. Initially a stage and film actor, he rose to prominence in 1958 with the songs \"Witch Doctor\" and \"The Chipmunk Song \", which both became Billboard number-one singles. He produced and directed The Alvin Show, which aired on CBS in 1961–62."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actor (1919–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ross_Bagdasarian_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1919-01-27"
deathDate: "1972-01-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.08
  momentum:             6.556644781609778
  historical:           19.02814266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046564/"
    handle:    "nm0046564"
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    title: "Багдасарян, Росс (старший)"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump