# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-chapin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:17:16.084Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-chapin"
name: "Tom Chapin"
slug: "tom-chapin"
description: "Tom Chapin is an American singer-songwriter, storyteller, actor and television host. Known for his ABC children's show Make-A-Wish and his children's albums, Chapin is also the younger brother of late folk singer/songwriter and humanitarian Harry Chapin. A fixture on the American folk music circuit, he has frequently performed with Pete Seeger, Holly Near, Peter Yarrow, Judy Collins, and David Amram."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Chapin_portrait_edit.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: "1945-03-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.42
  momentum:             0.8628318584070794
  historical:           5.145938666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/tomchapinmusic"
    handle:    "tomchapinmusic"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/tomchapinmusic"
    handle:    "tomchapinmusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152203/"
    handle:    "nm0152203"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BkMjAUjBm9SDVzoMr8DB9"
    handle:    "1BkMjAUjBm9SDVzoMr8DB9"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Chapin"
    title: "Tom Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/979acd47-df26-4863-943d-8c44f52cddc0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/448252"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "توم تشابين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Chapin"
    title: "Tom Chapin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7815258"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/584137"
    title: "Tom Chapin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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