# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yusef-lateef
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:25:41.382Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yusef-lateef"
name: "Yusef Lateef"
slug: "yusef-lateef"
description: "Yusef Abdul Lateef was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in the United States."
tagline: "American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, educator and spokesman for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community (1920–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yusef_Lateef.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: "1920-10-09"
deathDate: "2013-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.45002
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0490021"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump