# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chet-atkins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:38:15.092Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chet-atkins"
name: "Chet Atkins"
slug: "chet-atkins"
description: "Chester Burton Atkins, nicknamed \"Mister Guitar\" and \"the Country Gentleman\", was a fingerpicking guitar player, arranger and producer who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, created the Nashville sound, the country music style which expanded its appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily a guitarist, but he also played the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and ukulele, and occasionally sang."
tagline: "American guitarist (1924–2001)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chet_Atkins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1924-06-20"
deathDate: "2001-06-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump