# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-wilkerson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:06:40.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-wilkerson"
name: "Don Wilkerson"
slug: "don-wilkerson"
description: "Don Wilkerson was an American soul jazz / R&B tenor saxophonist born in Moreauville, Louisiana. He was raised in Houston, and it remained his base until he died there in 1986."
tagline: "American musician"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1932-07-06"
deathDate: "1986-07-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.13
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.874586666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/29975"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دون ويلكيرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دون ويلكيرسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Wilkerson"
    title: "Don Wilkerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Wilkerson"
    title: "Don Wilkerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Wilkerson"
    title: "Don Wilkerson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ドン・ウィルカーソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%92%D1%96%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Дон Вілкерсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d8be2328-5f12-42a4-84c6-5ae563edbac3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q325484"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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