# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ruby-braff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:16:13.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ruby-braff"
name: "Ruby Braff"
slug: "ruby-braff"
description: "Reuben \"Ruby\" Braff was an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist. Jack Teagarden was once asked about him on the Garry Moore television show and described Ruby as \"the Ivy League Louis Armstrong\"."
tagline: "American musician (1927–2003)"
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: "1927-03-16"
deathDate: "2003-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.35
  momentum:             17.83450704225352
  historical:           13.35957733333333
  currentAttention:     5.720000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1519475/"
    handle:    "nm1519475"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2ZJWBoh0c53yW13f86HNuA"
    handle:    "2ZJWBoh0c53yW13f86HNuA"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "روبي براف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%89_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "روبى براف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Braff"
    title: "Ruby Braff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Braff"
    title: "Ruby Braff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Braff"
    title: "Ruby Braff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "روبی براف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Braff"
    title: "Ruby Braff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Braff"
    title: "Ruby Braff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%83%93%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%95"
    title: "ルビー・ブラフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Braff"
    title: "Ruby Braff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Braff"
    title: "Ruby Braff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Braff"
    title: "Ruby Braff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_Braff"
    title: "Ruby Braff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ruby_Braff"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/30235fb0-eaab-4e4e-a4cb-a64c565446c9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359988"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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