# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bruce-pavitt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:54:14.571Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bruce-pavitt"
name: "Bruce Pavitt"
slug: "bruce-pavitt"
description: "Bruce S. Pavitt is the co-founder of independent record label Sub Pop and is considered \"one of the founding fathers of the Seattle grunge scene.\" He attended Evergreen State College where he hosted a show on Evergreen's KAOS radio station before founding Sub Pop."
tagline: "Founder of Sub Pop"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bruce_Pavitt_founder_of_Sub_Pop_2012.jpeg?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: "1959-03-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.45
  momentum:             7.921025225886154
  historical:           11.664332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "brucepavitt"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/brucepavitt/"
    handle:    "brucepavitt"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/bruce.pavitt"
    handle:    "bruce.pavitt"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruce-pavitt-33319583/"
    handle:    "bruce-pavitt-33319583"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.brucepavitt.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بروس بافيت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Pavitt"
    title: "Bruce Pavitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Pavitt"
    title: "Bruce Pavitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Pavitt"
    title: "Bruce Pavitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Pavitt"
    title: "Bruce Pavitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Pavitt"
    title: "Bruce Pavitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Pavitt"
    title: "Bruce Pavitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Pavitt"
    title: "Bruce Pavitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Pavitt"
    title: "Bruce Pavitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%91%D1%80%D1%8E%D1%81"
    title: "Пэвитт, Брюс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Pavitt"
    title: "Bruce Pavitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Pavitt"
    title: "Bruce Pavitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q612885"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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