# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-benson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:45:41.751Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-benson"
name: "George Benson"
slug: "george-benson"
description: "George Washington Benson is an American jazz fusion guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He began his professional career at the age of 19 as a jazz guitarist."
tagline: "American guitarist and singer (born 1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/George_Benson_2009.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: "1943-03-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           74.81
  momentum:             0
  historical:           25.49382
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 439000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeBenson"
    handle:    "GeorgeBenson"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/georgebensonguitar/"
    handle:    "georgebensonguitar"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://georgebenson.com"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/gbguitar"
    handle:    "gbguitar"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1050796/"
    handle:    "nm1050796"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "4N8BwYTEC6XqykGvXXlmfv"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChrbSeE9HULE3VBPAMr2dtw"
    handle:    "@officialgeorgebenson"
    followers: 439000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جورج بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джордж Бэнсан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джордж Бенсън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson"
    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson"
    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جورج بنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson"
    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson"
    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson"
    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson"
    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%92'_%D7%91%D7%A0%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ג'ורג' בנסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson"
    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%BB_%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6"
    title: "Ջորջ Բենսոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson"
    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson"
    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Benson"
    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョージ・ベンソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%AF%E1%83%9D%E1%83%A0%E1%83%AF_%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A1%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98"
    title: "ჯორჯ ბენსონი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/George_Benson"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/467f69b6-8d6d-4d2c-bfad-e89adf2806ff"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q348459"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1220199"
    title: "George Benson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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