# 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

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 74.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 25.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 90.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 90.0 / 100
- **Country rank:** #82
- **Total followers across platforms:** 263,000

## 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, 263,000 followers)

## Sources
- [Discogs](https://www.discogs.com/artist/306305)
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- [جوردون لايتفوت](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA)
- [جوردون لايتفوت](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA)
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- [گوردن لایتفوت](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%86_%D9%84%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D9%81%D9%88%D8%AA)
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- [גורדון לייטפוט](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%98)
- [Gordon Lightfoot](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot)
- [Գորդոն Լայտֆուտ](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B3%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D4%BC%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%BF%D6%86%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BF)
- [Gordon Lightfoot](https://id.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)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Gordon_Lightfoot)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9d97b077-b28d-4ba8-a3d9-c71926e3b2b6)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359552)

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