# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/otis-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:46:20.715Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/otis-williams"
name: "Otis Williams"
slug: "otis-williams"
description: "Otis Williams is an American second tenor/baritone singer. He is occasionally also a songwriter and a record producer. Williams is the founder and last surviving original member of the Motown vocal group the Temptations, a group in which he continues to perform; he also owns the rights to the Temptations name."
tagline: "Founding member of The Temptations (1941–)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Otis_Williams.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-10-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.67
  momentum:             3.078947368421054
  historical:           14.20685333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0931414/"
    handle:    "nm0931414"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otis Williams"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Otis Williams"
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    title: "Otis Williams"
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    title: "Otis Williams"
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    title: "Otis Williams"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump