# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/c-l-franklin
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:44:48.478Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/c-l-franklin"
name: "C. L. Franklin"
slug: "c-l-franklin"
description: "Clarence LaVaughn Franklin was an American Baptist minister and civil rights activist. Known as the man with the \"Million-Dollar Voice\", Franklin served as the pastor of New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit from 1946 until 1979, when in a suspected robbery attempt he was shot twice and spent his remaining five years in a coma. Franklin was the father of the American singer and songwriter Aretha Franklin. He was also the father of five other children, including Vaughn Franklin, Erma Franklin, Cecil Franklin, Carolyn Franklin and Carol Ellan."
tagline: "American Baptist minister and civil rights activist (1915–1984)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/C.L.Franklin.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1915-01-22"
deathDate: "1984-07-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.2
  momentum:             1.521101992966002
  historical:           8.305614666666667
  currentAttention:     5.850392280638471
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0291382/"
    handle:    "nm0291382"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/591394"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3._%D8%A5%D9%84._%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "س. إل. فرانكلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._L._Franklin"
    title: "C. L. Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._L._Franklin"
    title: "C. L. Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_LeVaughn_Franklin"
    title: "Clarence LeVaughn Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence_LaVaughn_Franklin"
    title: "Clarence LaVaughn Franklin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%E3%83%BBL%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "C・L・フランクリン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a8c6bfd6-0a3d-459c-b787-10f1cde10180"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1095466"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2287347"
    title: "C.L. Franklin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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