# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudy-wiedoeft
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:50:57.815Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudy-wiedoeft"
name: "Rudy Wiedoeft"
slug: "rudy-wiedoeft"
description: "Rudolph Cornelius Wiedoeft was an American saxophonist whose compositions and solos on recordings helped popularize the instrument."
tagline: "American musician (1893-1940)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RudyWiedoeftSax.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: "1893-01-03"
deathDate: "1940-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.878546666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0927321/"
    handle:    "nm0927321"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1217501"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Wiedoeft"
    title: "Rudy Wiedoeft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Wiedoeft"
    title: "Rudy Wiedoeft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Wiedoeft"
    title: "Rudy Wiedoeft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%82%2C_%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B8"
    title: "Видофт, Руди"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudy_Wiedoeft"
    title: "Rudy Wiedoeft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D0%B4%D1%96_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%B4%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%82"
    title: "Руді Відофт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8d163003-0963-4471-9673-e236050cc763"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358941"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1465939"
    title: "Rudy Wiedoeft"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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