# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norman-whitfield
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:59:13.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norman-whitfield"
name: "Norman Whitfield"
slug: "norman-whitfield"
description: "Norman Jesse Whitfield was an American songwriter, composer, and producer, who worked with Berry Gordy's Motown labels during the 1960s. He has been credited as one of the creators of the Motown Sound and of the late-1960s subgenre of psychedelic soul."
tagline: "American songwriter, record producer (1940–2008)"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-05-12"
deathDate: "2008-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.024388
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0925946/"
    handle:    "nm0925946"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump