# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sterling-allen-brown
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:32:58.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sterling-allen-brown"
name: "Sterling Allen Brown"
slug: "sterling-allen-brown"
description: "Sterling Allen Brown was an American professor, folklorist, poet, and literary critic. He chiefly studied black culture of the southern United States and was a professor at Howard University for most of his career. Brown was the first poet laureate of the District of Columbia."
tagline: "American writer (1901-1989)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/14/Sterling_Allen_Brown.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1901-05-01"
deathDate: "1989-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.28
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.035172
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2697578"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%BA_%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ستيرلينغ ألين براون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B5%D8%AD%D9%81%D9%89)"
    title: "ستيرلينج براون (صحفى)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Allen_Brown"
    title: "Sterling Allen Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Allen_Brown"
    title: "Sterling Allen Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Brown_(poeta)"
    title: "Sterling Brown (poeta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling_Allen_Brown"
    title: "Sterling Allen Brown"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a01c309d-80cd-44d2-a805-68812c8a1746"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3498772"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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