# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-hartman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:19:44.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-hartman"
name: "Bob Hartman"
slug: "bob-hartman"
description: "Robert \"Bob\" Hartman is a Christian artist, guitarist, writer and songwriter. He is the founder of Christian rock band Petra. Hartman was involved with the band from its foundation in 1972 to its end in 2005. He took a break from touring in 1995, but continued to write most of the band's songs, record guitars and produce most of the albums. He officially returned to touring with Petra in 2003 until he decided to retire the band in late 2005. Hartman also toured with Petra in 2023 for the band's 50th Anniversary Tour."
tagline: "Founder of Christian band Petra"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BobHartman.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: "1949-12-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.23
  momentum:             1.488549618320611
  historical:           7.510010666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.houseofbob.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/909504"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "بوب هارتمان (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "بوب هارتمان (عازف جيتار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hartman"
    title: "Bob Hartman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hartman"
    title: "Bob Hartman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hartman"
    title: "Bob Hartman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hartman"
    title: "Bob Hartman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hartman"
    title: "Bob Hartman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/05abfd7f-42a3-40eb-84d9-54e3f0cec11f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3311750"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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