# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-williamson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:04:47.456Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-williamson"
name: "James Williamson"
slug: "james-williamson"
description: "James Robert Williamson is an American guitarist, songwriter, record producer and electronics engineer. He was a member of the proto-punk rock band the Stooges, notably on the album Raw Power and in the reformed Stooges from 2009 to 2016. Between his stints in music, Williamson worked in Silicon Valley developing computer chips. Most recently he has continued as a solo artist."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iggy_%26_the_Stooges_%40_Brussels_Summer_Festival_2012_(8371448222).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: "1949-10-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           62.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.512768
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 645
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/james.williamson.75286"
    handle:    "james.williamson.75286"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1734363/"
    handle:    "nm1734363"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7tfOiv9gbuSwZdxP27DIBP"
    handle:    "7tfOiv9gbuSwZdxP27DIBP"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.straightjameswilliamson.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0f1W3G4z8ilUBxVxraY1tg"
    handle:    "@jw75734495"
    followers: 645
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "جيمس ويليامسون (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Williamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williamson_(musician)"
    title: "James Williamson (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williamson_(guitarrista)"
    title: "James Williamson (guitarrista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%82%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86)"
    title: "جیمز ویلیامسون (موسیقی‌دان)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williamson"
    title: "James Williamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williamson_(musicien)"
    title: "James Williamson (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williamson_(chitarrista)"
    title: "James Williamson (chitarrista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジェームズ・ウィリアムソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williamson"
    title: "James Williamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williamson"
    title: "James Williamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williamson"
    title: "James Williamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williamson"
    title: "James Williamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%8F%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Уильямсон, Джеймс Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williamson"
    title: "James Williamson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ce433190-9ca1-467c-b5fd-c57ae7f4768c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q600903"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3571380"
    title: "James Williamson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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