# Gordon Lightfoot

> Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success and helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Widely considered one of Canada's greatest songwriters, he had numerous gold and platinum albums, and his songs have been covered by many of the world's most renowned musical artists. Lightfoot's biographer Nicholas Jennings wrote, "His name is synonymous with timeless songs about trains and shipwrecks, rivers and highways, lovers and loneliness."

*Canadian singer-songwriter (1938-2023)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/gordon-lightfoot

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Singer / Musician ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220))
- **Category:** Musicians
- **Country:** Canada
- **Born:** 1938-11-17
- **Died:** 2023-05-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 78.4 / 100
- **Momentum:** 13.5 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 25.6 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 42.6 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 90.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100
- **Total followers across platforms:** 271,000

## Platforms
- **X**: https://x.com/lightfoot365 (@lightfoot365)
- **FACEBOOK**: https://www.facebook.com/240847505940393 (@240847505940393)
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004492/ (@nm0004492)
- **SPOTIFY**: https://open.spotify.com/artist/23rleGXVOVVgTk3xgtmfE4 (@23rleGXVOVVgTk3xgtmfE4)
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.lightfoot.ca/
- **YOUTUBE**: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbm7b2I8BKWzZ9Xtdfyh4Bw (@@gordonlightfootofficial, 271,000 followers)

## Timeline
- **2023** - Died
- **2022** - Golden Plate Award
- **2012** - Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
- **2001** - Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame
- **1998** - Canada's Walk of Fame
- **1997** - Governor General's Award for English-language poetry
- **1986** - Canadian Music Hall of Fame
- **1970** - Juno Award for Folk Artist of the Year
- **1970** - Companion of the Order of Canada
- **1938** - Born

## Sources
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- [戈登·莱特福特](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%88%88%E7%99%BB%C2%B7%E8%8E%B1%E7%89%B9%E7%A6%8F%E7%89%B9)
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- [Gordon Lightfoot](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot)
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- [Гордон Лайтфут](https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82)
- [고든 라이트풋](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B3%A0%EB%93%A0_%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8%ED%92%8B)
- [Гордон Лајтфут](https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D1%98%D1%82%D1%84%D1%83%D1%82)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot)
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- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9d97b077-b28d-4ba8-a3d9-c71926e3b2b6)
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/306305)

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