# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-becker
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:36:39.090Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-becker"
name: "Walter Becker"
slug: "walter-becker"
description: "Walter Carl Becker was an American musician, songwriter, and record producer. He was the co-founder, guitarist, bassist, and co-songwriter of the jazz rock band Steely Dan."
tagline: "American musician, songwriter, and record producer (1950–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter-Becker.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1950-02-20"
deathDate: "2017-09-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump