# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-hewitt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:25:53.126Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-hewitt"
name: "James Hewitt"
slug: "james-hewitt"
description: "James Hewitt was an American conductor, composer, and music publisher. Born in Dartmoor, England, he was known to have lived in London in 1791 and early 1792, but went to New York City in September of that year. He stayed in New York until 1811, conducting a theater orchestra and composing and arranging music for local ballad operas and musical events. He also gave lessons and sold musical instruments and publications in his \"musical repository\"."
tagline: "American conductor, composer and publisher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Hewitt.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1770-06-04"
deathDate: "1827-08-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.53
  momentum:             2.827586206896552
  historical:           8.540029333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1530817"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "چيمس هيويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hewitt_(Komponist)"
    title: "James Hewitt (Komponist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hewitt_(musician)"
    title: "James Hewitt (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hewitt"
    title: "James Hewitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hewitt_(musicien)"
    title: "James Hewitt (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hewitt_(musicista)"
    title: "James Hewitt (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Hewitt"
    title: "James Hewitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%93'%D1%8E%D1%97%D1%82%D1%82_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Джеймс Г'юїтт (музикант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/475fbe9e-55c3-457d-865d-341c8f64ffae"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q324418"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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