# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hinton-battle
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:48:54.832Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hinton-battle"
name: "Hinton Battle"
slug: "hinton-battle"
description: "Hinton Govorn Battle Jr. was an American actor, singer, dancer, and choreographer. He won three Tony Awards, all in the category of Featured Actor in a Musical. He was the first to portray the Scarecrow in the stage version of The Wiz."
tagline: "African-American actor, dancer, and choreographer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/85/Hinton_Battle_resize.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: "1956-11-29"
deathDate: "2024-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.05764133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0061507/"
    handle:    "nm0061507"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Hinton Battle"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hinton Battle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinton_Battle"
    title: "Hinton Battle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinton_Battle"
    title: "Hinton Battle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%AA%D9%84"
    title: "هینتون بتل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinton_Battle"
    title: "Hinton Battle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinton_Battle"
    title: "Hinton Battle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%92%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%88%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ヒントン・バトル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinton_Battle"
    title: "Hinton Battle"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ہنٹن بیٹل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/28d2481b-d8ea-46b0-81e8-0b010b0f9a9e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump