# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-shorter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:17:23.894Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-shorter"
name: "Wayne Shorter"
slug: "wayne-shorter"
description: "Wayne Shorter was an American jazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader, widely regarded as one of the most important and influential figures in the history of modern jazz. Over a career spanning more than six decades, he received 12 Grammy Awards and the Polar Music Prize, and was acclaimed worldwide for his originality, compositional depth, and transformative approach to musical improvisation."
tagline: "American jazz saxophonist and composer (1933–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Weather_Report_(Wayne_Shorter).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1933-08-25"
deathDate: "2023-03-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 27300
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump