# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:09:24.645Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-williams"
name: "Don Williams"
slug: "don-williams"
description: "Donald Ray Williams was an American country music singer, songwriter, and 2010 inductee into the Country Music Hall of Fame. He began his solo career in 1971, singing popular ballads and amassing 17 number-one country hits. His straightforward yet smooth bass-baritone voice, soft tones, and imposing build earned him the nickname \"The Gentle Giant\". In 1975, Williams starred in a movie with Burt Reynolds and Jerry Reed called W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings."
tagline: "American country singer (1939-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Donwilliams.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1939-05-27"
deathDate: "2017-09-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.24
  momentum:             1.839317868869823
  historical:           20.13811333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/donwilliamsmusic"
    handle:    "donwilliamsmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0930462/"
    handle:    "nm0930462"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.don-williams.com/"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4Ti0EKl2PVEms2NRMVGqNe"
    handle:    "Don Williams"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Don Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Williams (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Williams"
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    title: "Don Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Don Williams"
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    title: "Դոն Ուիլյամս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Williams"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Williams_(countryzanger)"
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    title: "Don Williams"
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    title: "Уильямс, Дон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Williams"
    title: "Don Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/741bd697-e595-4e47-a97d-688b4b9e0df2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q908569"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1994641"
    title: "Don Williams"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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