# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bret-michaels
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:36:00.787Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bret-michaels"
name: "Bret Michaels"
slug: "bret-michaels"
description: "Bret Michael Sychak, known professionally as Bret Michaels, is an American rock musician. He is the frontman of Poison, which has sold over 65 million albums worldwide and 30 million records in the United States. The band has also charted 10 singles to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, including six Top 10 singles and a number-one single, \"Every Rose Has Its Thorn\"."
tagline: "American rock musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bret_Michaels_2019_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump