# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-benton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:38:17.182Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-benton"
name: "Walter Benton"
slug: "walter-benton"
description: "Walter Benton was an American jazz tenor saxophonist."
tagline: "American jazz musician (1930–2000)"
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: "1930-09-08"
deathDate: "2000-08-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.01
  momentum:             17
  historical:           9.204752000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307694"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "والتر بينتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "والتر بينتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "والتر بینتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benton"
    title: "Walter Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benton"
    title: "Walter Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benton"
    title: "Walter Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benton"
    title: "Walter Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Benton"
    title: "Walter Benton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Волтер Бентон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8ce8a5a1-2269-44b7-be48-c8a4132c6741"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2543627"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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