# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-i-arkin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:07:35.643Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-i-arkin"
name: "David I. Arkin"
slug: "david-i-arkin"
description: "David I. Arkin was an American teacher, painter, writer, lyricist, and the father of actor Alan Arkin."
tagline: "American songwriter (1906-1980)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1906-12-19"
deathDate: "1980-10-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.26
  momentum:             0.9526235354049923
  historical:           2.944066666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  53
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ديفيد اى اركين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_I._Arkin"
    title: "David I. Arkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0b146fe9-debf-4ce0-a5c5-e68a580ddf6b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5235310"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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