# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hamilton-bohannon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:32:00.056Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hamilton-bohannon"
name: "Hamilton Bohannon"
slug: "hamilton-bohannon"
description: "Hamilton Frederick Bohannon, often credited mononymously as Bohannon, was an American drummer, percussionist, band leader, songwriter, arranger, and record producer, who was one of the leading figures in 1970s funk and disco music. He worked with Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, Wah Wah Watson, Ray Parker Jr., the Counts and Carolyn Crawford."
tagline: "American drummer, band leader, percussionist, record producer and songwriter (1942–2020)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/rluabhzWQGo0h6g0T2tCNjrFEod.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: "1942-03-07"
deathDate: "2020-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.80713333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8859479/"
    handle:    "nm8859479"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/154434"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "هاميلتون بوهانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Bohannon"
    title: "Hamilton Bohannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Bohannon"
    title: "Hamilton Bohannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Bohannon"
    title: "Hamilton Bohannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Bohannon"
    title: "Hamilton Bohannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Bohannon"
    title: "Hamilton Bohannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Bohannon"
    title: "Hamilton Bohannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Bohannon"
    title: "Hamilton Bohannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_Bohannon"
    title: "Hamilton Bohannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%84%D9%B9%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%88%DB%81%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%86"
    title: "ہیملٹن بوہانن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9f794f0c-e66a-4fe4-bf7c-2e263b21abc5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369517"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5677485"
    title: "Hamilton Bohannon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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