# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-watkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:23:15.620Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-watkins"
name: "David Watkins"
slug: "david-watkins"
description: "David Watkins is a British artist who has designed the medals for the London 2012 Olympics. Watkins was also a special effects maker for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey."
tagline: "Artist, jeweler, and designer of Olympic medal (born 1940)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/HK_Kln_Park_David_Watkins_stainless_02_Pool_Pavilion_Oct-2012.JPG/330px-HK_Kln_Park_David_Watkins_stainless_02_Pool_Pavilion_Oct-2012.JPG"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1940"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.21
  momentum:             18.25301204819277
  historical:           5.470626666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Watkins_(Goldschmied)"
    title: "David Watkins (Goldschmied)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ديفيد واتكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ديفيد واتكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Watkins"
    title: "David Watkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Watkins_(designer)"
    title: "David Watkins (designer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Watkins_(designer)"
    title: "David Watkins (designer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018961"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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