# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ziggy-elman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:20:15.138Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ziggy-elman"
name: "Ziggy Elman"
slug: "ziggy-elman"
description: "Harry Aaron Finkelman, known professionally as Ziggy Elman, was an American jazz trumpeter associated with Benny Goodman, though he also led his own group, Ziggy Elman and His Orchestra."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ziggy_Elman_in_The_Fabulous_Dorseys.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: "1914-05-26"
deathDate: "1968-06-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           35.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.601908
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0255382/"
    handle:    "nm0255382"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/258703"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "زيجى المان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_Elman"
    title: "Ziggy Elman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_Elman"
    title: "Ziggy Elman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_Elman"
    title: "Ziggy Elman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggy_Elman"
    title: "Ziggy Elman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6e73d594-cab7-4e9c-8257-ea46bb6529e3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q199406"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2253585"
    title: "Ziggy Elman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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