# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-dunham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:28:39.164Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-dunham"
name: "Sonny Dunham"
slug: "sonny-dunham"
description: "Elmer \"Sonny\" Dunham was an American trumpet player and bandleader. A versatile musician, he was one of the few trumpet players who could double on the trombone with equal skill."
tagline: "American musician (1914–1990)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonny_Dunham_Billboard.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: "1914-11-16"
deathDate: "1990-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.77
  momentum:             3.999999999999999
  historical:           7.002448
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0242293/"
    handle:    "nm0242293"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/335575"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "سوني دونهام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Dunham"
    title: "Sonny Dunham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Dunham"
    title: "Sonny Dunham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Dunham"
    title: "Sonny Dunham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Dunham"
    title: "Sonny Dunham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Dunham"
    title: "Sonny Dunham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/22fa3512-e176-4cd0-8526-7fef2b6f1d82"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2302261"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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