# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-fortune
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:34:41.158Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-fortune"
name: "Sonny Fortune"
slug: "sonny-fortune"
description: "Cornelius \"Sonny\" Fortune was an American jazz saxophonist. He played soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, clarinet, and flute."
tagline: "American saxophonist (1939–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonny_Fortune_photo.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: "1939-05-19"
deathDate: "2018-10-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.83
  momentum:             3.995157384987893
  historical:           16.241616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1750107/"
    handle:    "nm1750107"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sonnyfortune.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سوني فروتشن"
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    title: "سونى فروتشن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%83%A5%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ソニー・フォーチュン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Fortune"
    title: "Sonny Fortune"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ea543f6c-b528-4a19-adc6-274d7f770347"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q491089"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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