# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/doug-sahm
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:52:25.337Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/doug-sahm"
name: "Doug Sahm"
slug: "doug-sahm"
description: "Douglas Wayne Sahm was an American musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist from San Antonio, Texas. He is regarded as a key Tex-Mex music and Texan Music performer. San Antonio's conjunto and blues and later the hippie scene of San Francisco helped create his blend of music, with which he found success performing in 1970s Austin, Texas."
tagline: "American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (1941–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Doug_Sahm_Warner_Brothers_Portrait_cropped.jpg?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: "1941-11-06"
deathDate: "1999-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.98
  momentum:             2.432432432432432
  historical:           10.71286533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/193432350715917"
    handle:    "193432350715917"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0756375/"
    handle:    "nm0756375"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/380272"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%87%D9%85"
    title: "دوج ساهم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Sahm"
    title: "Doug Sahm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Sahm"
    title: "Doug Sahm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Sahm"
    title: "Doug Sahm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Sahm"
    title: "Doug Sahm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%82%B0%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0"
    title: "ダグ・サーム"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Sahm"
    title: "Doug Sahm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Sahm"
    title: "Doug Sahm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Sahm"
    title: "Doug Sahm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug_Sahm"
    title: "Doug Sahm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b4745bd1-5db8-4523-8986-e09e3c1f3127"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q327886"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/977810"
    title: "Doug Sahm"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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