# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-nolan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:46:41.778Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-nolan"
name: "Bob Nolan"
slug: "bob-nolan"
description: "Bob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards \"Cool Water\" and \"Tumbling Tumbleweeds.\" He is generally regarded as one of the finest Western songwriters of all time. As an actor and singer, he appeared in scores of Western films."
tagline: "Canadian-American singer and actor (1908-1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bob-Nolan-1944.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1908-04-13"
deathDate: "1980-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.238844
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0634226/"
    handle:    "nm0634226"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/657271"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Nolan"
    title: "Bob Nolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%A8_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بوب نولان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "باب نولان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Nolan"
    title: "Bob Nolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Nolan"
    title: "Bob Nolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Nolan"
    title: "Bob Nolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "باب نولان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Nolan"
    title: "Bob Nolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B0%A5_%EB%86%80%EB%9F%B0"
    title: "밥 놀런"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Nolan"
    title: "Bob Nolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D9%86%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "باب نولان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/09ffd55e-f998-4f9f-9e62-107789ada951"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q888168"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/146504"
    title: "Bob Nolan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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