# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nat-hentoff
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:02:14.491Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nat-hentoff"
name: "Nat Hentoff"
slug: "nat-hentoff"
description: "Nathan Irving Hentoff was an American historian, novelist, jazz and country music critic, and syndicated columnist for United Media. Hentoff was a columnist for The Village Voice from 1958 to 2009. Following his departure from The Voice, Hentoff became a senior fellow at the Cato Institute and continued writing his music column for The Wall Street Journal, which published his works until his death. He often wrote on First Amendment issues, vigorously defending the freedom of the press."
tagline: "American music critic, born 1925 (1925–2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Nat_Hentoff.jpg/330px-Nat_Hentoff.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1925-06-10"
deathDate: "2017-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.78
  momentum:             7.898248607578635
  historical:           19.32358266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378272/"
    handle:    "nm0378272"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/332791"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "نات هينتوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "نات هينتوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D8%AA_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%81"
    title: "نت هنتاف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%98_%D7%94%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A3"
    title: "נאט הנטוף"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%95"
    title: "ナット・ヘントフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%84%2C_%D0%9D%D1%8D%D1%82"
    title: "Хентофф, Нэт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%B9_%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%B9%D9%88%D9%81"
    title: "نیٹ ہینٹوف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fi.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nat_Hentoff"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4eff239c-2505-4d48-82bc-abf19d94c971"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1371409"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/565678"
    title: "Nat Hentoff"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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