# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ken-harrelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:47:50.406Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ken-harrelson"
name: "Ken Harrelson"
slug: "ken-harrelson"
description: "Kenneth Smith Harrelson, nicknamed \"the Hawk\" due to his distinctive profile, is an American former professional baseball player and television announcer. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1963 to 1971 as a first baseman and outfielder, and he subsequently spent 33 years as a play-by-play broadcast announcer for the Chicago White Sox. In December 2019, Harrelson was named the 2020 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually to one broadcaster for \"major contributions to baseball\"."
tagline: "Baseball player and broadcaster from the United States"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hawk_Harrelson_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1941-09-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.22
  momentum:             0.4570284049526585
  historical:           7.206748
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Harrelson"
    title: "Ken Harrelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كين هاريلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "كين هاريلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Harrelson"
    title: "Ken Harrelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Harrelson"
    title: "Ken Harrelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ケン・ハレルソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BC%84_%ED%95%B4%EB%9F%B4%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "켄 해럴슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3814472"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5139534"
    title: "Ken \"Hawk\" Harrelson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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