# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jean-ritchie
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:12:21.676Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jean-ritchie"
name: "Jean Ritchie"
slug: "jean-ritchie"
description: "Jean Ruth Ritchie was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the \"Mother of Folk\". In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in the traditional way, many of which were Appalachian variants of centuries-old British, Scottish and Irish songs, including dozens of Child Ballads. In adulthood, she shared these songs with wide audiences, as well as writing some of her own songs using traditional foundations."
tagline: "American folk singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jean_Ritchie_(2671008759).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-12-08"
deathDate: "2015-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.30782
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2918591/"
    handle:    "nm2918591"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/7cWhIVoEYJd0oWnxULFt8s"
    handle:    "7cWhIVoEYJd0oWnxULFt8s"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jeanritchie.com/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جان ريتشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Cin Riççi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ritchie"
    title: "Jean Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ritchie"
    title: "Jean Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ritchie"
    title: "Jean Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ritchie"
    title: "Jean Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A6'%D7%99"
    title: "ג'ין ריצ'י"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ritchie"
    title: "Jean Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jean Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ritchie"
    title: "Jean Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ritchie"
    title: "Jean Ritchie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Ritchie"
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    title: "Джин Річі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump