# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/harry-chapin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:15:59.449Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/harry-chapin"
name: "Harry Chapin"
slug: "harry-chapin"
description: "Harry Forster Chapin was an American singer-songwriter, philanthropist, and hunger activist best known for his folk rock and pop rock songs. He achieved worldwide success in the 1970s. Chapin, a Grammy Award-winning artist and Grammy Hall of Fame inductee, has sold over 16 million records worldwide."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter (1942–1981)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Harry_chapin_1978.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: "1942-12-07"
deathDate: "1981-07-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.860903016805021
  historical:           23.35830933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152166/"
    handle:    "nm0152166"
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    handle:    "42q4Ivs7tAiCZ5C7eG5q4c"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.harrychapinmusic.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هارى شابن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Harry Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Harry Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Chapin"
    title: "Harry Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Harry Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "הארי צ'אפין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Harry Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Harry Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "해리 채핀"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ഹാരി ചാപ്പിൻ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Чапин, Гарри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Harry Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Chapin"
    title: "Harry Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AE%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B5_%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99"
    title: "แฮร์รี แชพิน"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Chapin"
    title: "Harry Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Chapin"
    title: "Harry Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "哈利·查平"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1586454"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1234959"
    title: "Harry Chapin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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