# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonny-rollins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:35:44.565Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonny-rollins"
name: "Sonny Rollins"
slug: "sonny-rollins"
description: "Walter Theodore \"Sonny\" Rollins was an American jazz tenor saxophonist who is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential jazz musicians."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist and composer (1930–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SonnyRollins.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: "1930-09-07"
deathDate: "2026-05-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           69.94
  momentum:             10
  historical:           37.554216
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "sonnyrollins"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/officialsonnyrollins"
    handle:    "officialsonnyrollins"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0738456"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "1VEzN9lxvG6KPR3QQGsebR"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://sonnyrollins.com"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سوني رولينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sonny Rollins"
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    title: "Sonny Rollins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sonny Rollins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sonny Rollins"
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    title: "Sonny Rollins"
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    title: "Sonny Rollins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Rollins"
    title: "Sonny Rollins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A1"
    title: "סאני רולינס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sonny Rollins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Rollins"
    title: "Sonny Rollins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Rollins"
    title: "Sonny Rollins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump