# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-kottak
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:51:18.133Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-kottak"
name: "James Kottak"
slug: "james-kottak"
description: "James Kottak was an American drummer, best known for his work with the German hard rock band Scorpions, which he joined in 1996. At the time of his firing from the band in 2016, he was their longest-serving drummer. Kottak was also an original member of Kingdom Come, of whom he was their drummer from 1987 to 1989 and again from 2018 to his death in 2024."
tagline: "American drummer (1962–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Kottak_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-12-26"
deathDate: "2024-01-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.846115784265215
  historical:           22.08609733333333
  currentAttention:     4.700643245917862
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/JKottak"
    handle:    "JKottak"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1368579/"
    handle:    "nm1368579"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jameskottak.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چيمس كوتاك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Kottak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Kottak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Kottak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Kottak"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ჯეიმზ კოტაკი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Kottak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Kottak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C_%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%81"
    title: "เจมส์ คอตแทก"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "James Kottak"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump