# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-dixon-q2463156
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:28:00.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-dixon-q2463156"
name: "Don Dixon"
slug: "don-dixon-q2463156"
description: "Donald Allen Dixon is an American record producer, songwriter, and musician. He is considered to be one of the key producers of what is called the jangle pop movement of the early 1980s, including working with R.E.M. and the Smithereens."
tagline: "American record producer, songwriter, musician, bass guitarist, and very occasional actor"
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: "1950-12-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.18
  momentum:             0.3425925925925926
  historical:           9.506878666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4111451/"
    handle:    "nm4111451"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/252041"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دون ديكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دون ديكسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AF%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دون دیکسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Dixon_(musician)"
    title: "Don Dixon (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Dixon_(muusikko)"
    title: "Don Dixon (muusikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Dixon_(musicien)"
    title: "Don Dixon (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musikaren_Don_Dixon"
    title: "Musikaren Don Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Dixon"
    title: "Don Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Don_Dixon"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2fc82ca3-3a82-4e41-be96-d3ef9d441aba"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2463156"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3044789"
    title: "Don Dixon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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