# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-donahue
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:26:00.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-donahue"
name: "Sam Donahue"
slug: "sam-donahue"
description: "Samuel Koontz Donahue was an American jazz saxophonist, trumpeter, and musical arranger. He performed with Gene Krupa, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Billy May, Woody Herman, and Stan Kenton."
tagline: "American musician (1918–1974)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sam_Donahue%2C_Aquarium_NYC%2C_ca_December_1946_(Gottlieb).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: "1918-03-18"
deathDate: "1974-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.16
  momentum:             7.346938775510204
  historical:           7.010008
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3839319/"
    handle:    "nm3839319"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/335577"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Donahue"
    title: "Sam Donahue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%88"
    title: "سام دوناهو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Donahue"
    title: "Sam Donahue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Donahue"
    title: "Sam Donahue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Donahue"
    title: "Sam Donahue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Donahue"
    title: "Sam Donahue"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0ae1e90a-d228-418c-a229-cc6f611b2a76"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2216444"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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