# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:00:59.486Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-williams"
name: "Ian Williams"
slug: "ian-williams"
description: "Ian Williams is an American rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. He became noted for his finger tapping guitar playing in bands such as Don Caballero, Storm & Stress and currently in Battles. He is known for his one-handed guitar playing technique, often while playing keyboards or Ableton Push simultaneously with the other hand."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian_Williams_E5100938.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: "1970-08-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.23
  momentum:             3.19884726224784
  historical:           7.723834666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "يان وليامز (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "يان وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Williams_(musician)"
    title: "Ian Williams (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Williams_(musicien)"
    title: "Ian Williams (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Williams"
    title: "Ian Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Williams_(musicista)"
    title: "Ian Williams (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Williams_(muzyk)"
    title: "Ian Williams (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6f638f18-7563-4d1f-bc71-b1e2bcad3eff"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3147338"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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