# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edwin-starr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:00:04.499Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edwin-starr"
name: "Edwin Starr"
slug: "edwin-starr"
description: "Charles Edwin Hatcher, known by his stage name Edwin Starr, was an American singer and songwriter. He is best remembered for his Norman Whitfield-produced Motown singles of the 1970s, most notably the number-one hit \"War\"."
tagline: "American singer and songwriter (1942–2003)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/19/EdwinStarr.jpg/330px-EdwinStarr.jpg"
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: "1942-01-21"
deathDate: "2003-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           18.848596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump