# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hall-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:25:02.190Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hall-johnson"
name: "Hall Johnson"
slug: "hall-johnson"
description: "Francis Hall Johnson was an American composer and arranger of African-American spiritual music. He is one of a group—including Harry T. Burleigh, R. Nathaniel Dett, and Eva Jessye—who had great success performing African-American spirituals."
tagline: "American composer and arranger (1888–1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Portrait_of_Hall_Johnson_LCCN2004663096.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: "1888-03-12"
deathDate: "1970-04-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.563645333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0425195/"
    handle:    "nm0425195"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307439"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هال جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هال جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Johnson"
    title: "Hall Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Johnson"
    title: "Hall Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هال جانسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Johnson"
    title: "Hall Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hall_Johnson"
    title: "Hall Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d8ac3aee-fce1-40f8-842d-18d7686da340"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3126025"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1513985"
    title: "Hall Johnson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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