# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simmie-knox
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:37:45.505Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simmie-knox"
name: "Simmie Knox"
slug: "simmie-knox"
description: "Simmie Lee Knox is an American painter who painted the official White House portraits of former United States President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Clinton. He was the first black American artist to receive a presidential portrait commission."
tagline: "American painter (born 1935)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob_Ney%2C_Simmie_Knox_and_Chaka_Fattah.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1935-08-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           39.73
  momentum:             0.2061855670103093
  historical:           5.077358666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.simmieknox.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmie_Knox"
    title: "Simmie Knox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmie_Knox"
    title: "Simmie Knox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmie_Knox"
    title: "Simmie Knox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3883544"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmie_Knox"
    title: "Simmie Knox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmie_Knox"
    title: "Simmie Knox"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3484159"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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