# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/willard-scott
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:25:28.803Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/willard-scott"
name: "Willard Scott"
slug: "willard-scott"
description: "Willard Herman Scott Jr. was an American weatherman, radio and television personality, actor, narrator, clown, comedian, and author, whose broadcast career spanned 68 years, 65 years with the NBC broadcast network. Scott was notable as a weather reporter on NBC's Today show where he also celebrated US centenarian birthdays and notable anniversaries. Scott was the creator and original performer of McDonald's mascot clown Ronald McDonald."
tagline: "American weather presenter and television personality (1934–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Willard_Scott_Crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1934-03-07"
deathDate: "2021-09-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.968072976054732
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0779912"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump