# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/j-geils
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:16:00.654Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/j-geils"
name: "J. Geils"
slug: "j-geils"
description: "John Warren Geils Jr., was an American guitarist. He was known as the leader of the J. Geils Band."
tagline: "American musician (1946–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JGeilsPerforming.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: "1946-02-20"
deathDate: "2017-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.68
  momentum:             0.7265209686946251
  historical:           14.053404
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2153663/"
    handle:    "nm2153663"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جيه. جيلس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "J. Geils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Geils"
    title: "J. Geils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Geils"
    title: "J. Geils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Geils"
    title: "J. Geils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Geils"
    title: "J. Geils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Geils"
    title: "J. Geils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Geils"
    title: "J. Geils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Geils"
    title: "J. Geils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Geils"
    title: "J. Geils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BB%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Гейлс, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Geils"
    title: "J. Geils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Geils"
    title: "J. Geils"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Geils_(m%C3%BCzisyen)"
    title: "J. Geils (müzisyen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/012a5418-ab43-4a8a-bd9c-a30b1b0c61fc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1676327"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3984172"
    title: "J. Geils"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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