# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-townsend
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:17:30.988Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-townsend"
name: "Henry Townsend"
slug: "henry-townsend"
description: "Henry \"Mule\" Townsend was an American blues singer, guitarist and pianist."
tagline: "American musician (1909–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Townsend_at_Burkhardt's_Oyster_Bar_in_St._Louis.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: "1909-10-27"
deathDate: "2006-09-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.07
  momentum:             0.9782608695652173
  historical:           10.08283066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2913309/"
    handle:    "nm2913309"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307311"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "هنري تاونسند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%AF"
    title: "هنرى تاونسند"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Townsend"
    title: "Henry Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Townsend_(musician)"
    title: "Henry Townsend (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Townsend"
    title: "Henry Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Townsend_(onye_egwu)"
    title: "Henry Townsend (onye egwu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Townsend"
    title: "Henry Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Townsend"
    title: "Henry Townsend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B4%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Таунсенд, Генри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a906b261-4eeb-4a61-bccb-5411a647a344"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1607315"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2824049"
    title: "Henry Townsend"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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