# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-hill-hewitt
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:14:40.926Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-hill-hewitt"
name: "John Hill Hewitt"
slug: "john-hill-hewitt"
description: "John Hill Hewitt was an American composer, playwright, and poet. He is best known for his songs about the American South, including \"A Minstrel's Return from the War\", \"The Soldier's Farewell\", \"The Stonewall Quickstep\", and \"Somebody's Darling\". His output during the American Civil War earned him the epithets \"Bard of the Stars and Bars\" and \"Bard of the Confederacy\"."
tagline: "American songwriter, playwright and poet (1801–1890)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Hill_Hewitt1852.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1801-07-11"
deathDate: "1890-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.96
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.005076
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1370931/"
    handle:    "nm1370931"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3871183"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "جون هيل هيويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "جون هيل هيويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hill_Hewitt"
    title: "John Hill Hewitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hill_Hewitt"
    title: "John Hill Hewitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hill_Hewitt"
    title: "John Hill Hewitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hill_Hewitt"
    title: "John Hill Hewitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a26065c-c0a5-48f6-96cd-51255a055924"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700464"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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