# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claude-coats
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:28:08.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claude-coats"
name: "Claude Coats"
slug: "claude-coats"
description: "Claude Coats was an American artist, background artist, animator and set designer, known for his work with the Walt Disney Animation Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering. His pioneering work with the company helped define the character of animated films, and later, immersive installations with his designs for Disneyland. Coats, known as \"The Gentle Giant\" was inducted a Disney Legend in 1991."
tagline: "American background artist (1913-1992)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1913-01-17"
deathDate: "1992-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.87
  momentum:             2.758620689655172
  historical:           6.8135
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167693/"
    handle:    "nm0167693"
sources:
  - url: "https://jv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Coats"
    title: "Claude Coats"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "كلود كوتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%84%D9%88%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%B3"
    title: "كلود كوتس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ban.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Coats"
    title: "Claude Coats"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Coats"
    title: "Claude Coats"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Coats"
    title: "Claude Coats"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84"
    title: "クロード・コーツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2977202"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/150117"
    title: "Claude Coats"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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