# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sun-ra
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:58:58.100Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sun-ra"
name: "Sun Ra"
slug: "sun-ra"
description: "Le Sony'r Ra, better known as Sun Ra, was an American jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, and poet known for his experimental music, \"cosmic\" philosophy, prolific output, and theatrical performances. For much of his career, Ra led The Arkestra, an ensemble with an ever-changing name and flexible line-up."
tagline: "American jazz composer and bandleader (1914–1993)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sun_Ra_(1973_publicity_photo_-_Impulse_ABC_Dunhill).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: "1914-05-22"
deathDate: "1993-05-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           72.03
  momentum:             5.406271235802349
  historical:           24.34264
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 4190
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/SunRaMusic"
    handle:    "SunRaMusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0704612/"
    handle:    "nm0704612"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0tIODqvzGUoEaK26rK4pvX"
    handle:    "0tIODqvzGUoEaK26rK4pvX"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://sunra.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ6vuDnto1QvRr2TFHldDMw"
    handle:    "@sunramusicchannelofficial3316"
    followers: 4190
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "صن رع"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B5%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "صن را"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "سان را"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%8A%D0%BD_%D0%A0%D0%B0"
    title: "Сън Ра"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%95%D8%A7"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "سان را"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A9"
    title: "サン・ラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%84%A0_%EB%9D%BC"
    title: "선 라"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Sun Ra"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://sk.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sun_Ra"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c27cac8e-4c4a-48c0-a4ba-41399b9c176d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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