# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/burton-cummings
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:16:35.856Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/burton-cummings"
name: "Burton Cummings"
slug: "burton-cummings"
description: "Burton Lorne Cummings is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He led the Guess Who during the band's most successful period from 1965 to 1975, and has since had a lengthy solo career."
tagline: "Canadian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Burton_Cummings.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: "1947-12-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.79154603358425
  historical:           14.83048
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "burtoncummings"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/burtoncummings"
    handle:    "burtoncummings"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0191859/"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://burtoncummings.com/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بورتون كامينغز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Burton Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Cummings"
    title: "Burton Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Cummings"
    title: "Burton Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Cummings"
    title: "Burton Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Cummings"
    title: "Burton Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Cummings"
    title: "Burton Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Cummings"
    title: "Burton Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Cummings"
    title: "Burton Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Cummings"
    title: "Burton Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_Cummings"
    title: "Burton Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Burton Cummings"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"

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