# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-heppner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:41:36.258Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-heppner"
name: "Ben Heppner"
slug: "ben-heppner"
description: "Thomas Bernard Heppner is a Canadian tenor and broadcaster, now retired from singing, who specialized in opera and other classical works for voice. He was widely regarded as the foremost Wagner tenor of his era."
tagline: "Canadian opera singer and broadcaster"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1956-01-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.46
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.08913066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378400/"
    handle:    "nm0378400"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3dMJsxDVl3FFouPCStt6o8"
    handle:    "3dMJsxDVl3FFouPCStt6o8"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1426882"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Heppner"
    title: "Ben Heppner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Heppner"
    title: "Ben Heppner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Heppner"
    title: "Ben Heppner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Heppner"
    title: "Ben Heppner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Heppner_(t%C3%A9nor)"
    title: "Ben Heppner (ténor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Heppner"
    title: "Ben Heppner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Heppner"
    title: "Ben Heppner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%BF%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Хеппнер, Бен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B3%93%C2%B7%E5%B8%8C%E6%99%AE%E7%B4%8D"
    title: "賓·希普納"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9c39c1ba-f136-4195-b492-fc8bf3247b5e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q816515"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1314395"
    title: "Ben Heppner"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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