Ella Fitzgerald

Famous As

Jazz singer

Popular for

Album "Ella Swings Lightly" (1958)

Birth Name

Ella Jane Fitzgerald

Birth Date

Apr 25, 1917

Birth Place

Newport News, Virginia, USA

Nationality

American

Father

William Fitzgerald

Mother

Temperance Fitzgerald

Sister

Frances (half-sister, b. 1923)

Spouse

Benjamin Kornegay (December 26, 1941 - 1943) (annulled), Ray Brown (December 10, 1947 - August 28, 1953)