# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-dyett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:40:57.992Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-dyett"
name: "Walter Dyett"
slug: "walter-dyett"
description: "Walter Henri Dyett was an American violinist and music educator in the Chicago Public Schools system. He served as music director and assistant music director at Chicago's predominantly African-American high schools; Wendell Phillips High School and DuSable High School. Dyett served as musical director at DuSable High School from its opening in 1935 until 1962. He trained many students who became professional musicians."
tagline: "American musician (1901-1969)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Dyett_(1915).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: "1901-01-11"
deathDate: "1969-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.677682666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dyett"
    title: "Walter Dyett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "والتر ديت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dyett"
    title: "Walter Dyett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dyett"
    title: "Walter Dyett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dyett"
    title: "Walter Dyett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Dyett"
    title: "Walter Dyett"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q347481"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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