# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bruce-cockburn
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:34:51.504Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bruce-cockburn"
name: "Bruce Cockburn"
slug: "bruce-cockburn"
description: "Bruce Douglas Cockburn is a Canadian singer-songwriter and guitarist. His song styles range from folk to folk- and jazz-influenced rock to soundscapes accompanying spoken stories. His lyrics reflect interests in spirituality, human rights, environmental issues, and relationships, and describe his experiences in Central America and Africa."
tagline: "Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter (born 1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bruce_Cockburn_at_Markham_Jazz_Festival_2014.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: "1945-05-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.36
  momentum:             5.700395638182427
  historical:           15.67990533333333
  currentAttention:     19.99897045197158
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  177
  category: null
totalFollowers: 5990
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/officialbrucecockburn"
    handle:    "officialbrucecockburn"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0168288/"
    handle:    "nm0168288"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "4sh4MHP7lhrSUakxwZzwqz"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://brucecockburn.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnPAlp8KltL_e8n_8H4rkYg"
    handle:    "@brucecockburnvevo"
    followers: 5990
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بروس كوكبورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bruce Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Cockburn"
    title: "Bruce Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Cockburn"
    title: "Bruce Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%A7%DA%A9%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%86"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Cockburn"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Cockburn"
    title: "Bruce Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B3%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ブルース・コバーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Cockburn"
    title: "Bruce Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Кокберн, Брюс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Cockburn"
    title: "Bruce Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bruce Cockburn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q773830"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1267166"
    title: "Bruce Cockburn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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