# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-finkel
# Generated: 2026-08-20T20:38:44.021Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-finkel"
name: "Ian Finkel"
slug: "ian-finkel"
description: "Ian Lawrence Finkel was an American musician specializing in the xylophone, author, and entertainer."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3c/Ian_Finkel.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1948-08-13"
deathDate: "2020-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.47
  momentum:             1.230769230769231
  historical:           1.541217333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     9.999999999999998
  profileCompleteness:  64
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Finkel"
    title: "Ian Finkel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110775978"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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