# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-beverly-shea
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:33:19.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-beverly-shea"
name: "George Beverly Shea"
slug: "george-beverly-shea"
description: "George Beverly Shea was a Canadian-born American gospel singer and hymn composer. Shea was often described as \"America's beloved gospel singer\" and was considered \"the first international singing 'star' of the gospel world,\" as a consequence of his solos at Billy Graham Crusades and his exposure on radio, records and television. Because of the large attendance at Graham's Crusades, it is estimated that Shea sang live before more people than anyone else in history."
tagline: "American gospel singer and hymn composer born in Canada (1909–2013)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/68/George_Beverly_Shea%2C_gospel_singer_at_Billy_Graham%E2%80%99s_crusades.jpg/330px-George_Beverly_Shea%2C_gospel_singer_at_Billy_Graham%E2%80%99s_crusades.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
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: "1909-02-01"
deathDate: "2013-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.23175733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2377628/"
    handle:    "nm2377628"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جورج بيفرلي شي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "جورج بيفرلى شى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Beverly_Shea"
    title: "George Beverly Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Beverly_Shea"
    title: "George Beverly Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Beverly_Shea"
    title: "George Beverly Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Beverly_Shea"
    title: "George Beverly Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Beverly_Shea"
    title: "George Beverly Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Beverly_Shea"
    title: "George Beverly Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Beverly_Shea"
    title: "George Beverly Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BB%E3%83%93%E3%83%90%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ジョージ・ビバリー・シェー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgius_Beverly_Shea"
    title: "Georgius Beverly Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Beverly_Shea"
    title: "George Beverly Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Beverly_Shea"
    title: "George Beverly Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Beverly_Shea"
    title: "George Beverly Shea"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5d21397f-44df-463b-a90a-3d5031aadf09"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q888118"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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