# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-harper
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:56:38.937Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-harper"
name: "Ben Harper"
slug: "ben-harper"
description: "Benjamin Charles Harper is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk, soul, reggae, and rock music, and he is known for his guitar-playing skills, vocals, live performances, and activism. He has released twelve studio albums, mostly through Virgin Records, and has toured internationally."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Harper_FIJM_2003.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: "1969-10-28"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           73.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.798436
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 216000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BenHarper"
    handle:    "BenHarper"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/benharper/"
    handle:    "benharper"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/benharper"
    handle:    "benharper"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363816/"
    handle:    "nm0363816"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/45lorWzrKLxfKlWpV7r9CN"
    handle:    "45lorWzrKLxfKlWpV7r9CN"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.benharper.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBjOg7XJfcgUjfF3BNCw3IA"
    handle:    "@benharper"
    followers: 216000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "بن هاربر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1"
    title: "بن هاربر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1"
    title: "بن هارپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://chy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1"
    title: "بن هارپر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%A8"
    title: "בן הרפר"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ベン・ハーパー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%A4_%ED%95%98%ED%8D%BC"
    title: "벤 하퍼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bens_H%C4%81rpers"
    title: "Bens Hārpers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Ben Harper"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Harper"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1582a5b8-538e-45e7-9ae4-4099439a0e79"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q380849"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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