# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-hawkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:34:55.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-hawkins"
name: "Walter Hawkins"
slug: "walter-hawkins"
description: "Walter Lee Hawkins was an American gospel singer, songwriter, composer, and pastor. An influential figure in urban contemporary gospel music, his career spanned more than four decades. Hawkins won one Grammy from a sum of eight nominations."
tagline: "American musician (1949–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Walter_Hawkins_performs_on_stage_in_the_East_Room_of_the_White_House.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: "1949-05-18"
deathDate: "2010-07-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.8
  momentum:             2.647058823529412
  historical:           7.555298666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370251/"
    handle:    "nm0370251"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hawkins"
    title: "Walter Hawkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "والتر هوكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "والتر هوكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%87%D9%88%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "والتر هوکینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hawkins"
    title: "Walter Hawkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hawkins"
    title: "Walter Hawkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2e1f1a21-9c2b-49e1-b0ab-0061ff019bd3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2629375"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2671330"
    title: "walter hawkins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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