# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/victor-willis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:46:12.362Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/victor-willis"
name: "Victor Willis"
slug: "victor-willis"
description: "Victor Edward Willis was an American singer-songwriter, who co-founded the disco group Village People. He performed as their lead singer and was co-songwriter for all of their most successful singles. In the group, Willis performed costumed as a policeman or naval officer. The son of a Baptist preacher, Willis developed his singing skills in his father's church. With training in acting and dance, Willis went to New York and joined the prestigious Negro Ensemble Company. He appeared in many musicals and plays, including the original Broadway production of The Wiz in 1976, and subsequently, the Australian production."
tagline: "American singer (1951–2026)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Victor_Willis.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: "1951-07-01"
deathDate: "2026-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.41
  momentum:             3.15689381933439
  historical:           21.09372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0932488/"
    handle:    "nm0932488"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ڤيكتور ويليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ویکتور ویلیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92%CE%AF%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81_%CE%93%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%82"
    title: "Βίκτορ Γουίλις"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "ویکتور ویلیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9"
    title: "ヴィクター・ウィリス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%85%ED%84%B0_%EC%9C%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "빅터 윌리스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80"
    title: "Уиллис, Виктор"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Willis"
    title: "Victor Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/26d56801-e71b-47a9-b32f-35d0a09eb212"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/477588"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2298882"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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