# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-l-dawson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:42:11.750Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-l-dawson"
name: "William L. Dawson"
slug: "william-l-dawson"
description: "William Levi Dawson was an American composer, choir director, professor, and musicologist."
tagline: "American composer and music pedagogue (1899-1990)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/43/William_L_Dawson_ca_1931.jpg"
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: "1899-09-26"
deathDate: "1990-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.86
  momentum:             0.8875739644970415
  historical:           7.025632
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/905492"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A5%D9%84._%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "ويليام إل. دوسن (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%84._%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ويليام ال. داوسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Dawson_(Komponist)"
    title: "William L. Dawson (Komponist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Dawson_(composer)"
    title: "William L. Dawson (composer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Levi_Dawson"
    title: "William Levi Dawson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ウィリアム・リーヴァイ・ドーソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/77ed3a94-a951-431e-a6ff-bf33f457a4ff"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2484851"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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