# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/uncle-dave-macon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:57:18.156Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/uncle-dave-macon"
name: "Uncle Dave Macon"
slug: "uncle-dave-macon"
description: "David Harrison Macon, known professionally as Uncle Dave Macon, was an American old-time banjo player, singer, songwriter, and comedian. Known as \"The Dixie Dewdrop\", Macon was known for his chin whiskers, plug hat, gold teeth, and gates-ajar collar; he gained regional fame as a vaudeville performer in the early 1920s before becoming the first star of the Grand Ole Opry in the latter half of the decade."
tagline: "American musician (1870-1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Uncle_Dave_Macon_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: "1870-10-07"
deathDate: "1952-03-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.07
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.524554666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0534170/"
    handle:    "nm0534170"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/353264"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A4_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "انكل داڤ ماكون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Dave_Macon"
    title: "Uncle Dave Macon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Dave_Macon"
    title: "Uncle Dave Macon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Dave_Macon"
    title: "Uncle Dave Macon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Dave_Macon"
    title: "Uncle Dave Macon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Dave_Macon"
    title: "Uncle Dave Macon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bdc82654-bc2d-45e7-aabf-e0494d8e917d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2492614"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1720694"
    title: "Uncle Dave Macon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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