# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-hanneman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:28:01.674Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-hanneman"
name: "Jeff Hanneman"
slug: "jeff-hanneman"
description: "Jeffrey John Hanneman was an American musician, best known as a founding member and co-lead guitarist of the thrash metal band Slayer. Hanneman wrote both music and lyrics for every Slayer album until his death in 2013."
tagline: "American guitarist (1964–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff_Hanneman_f9e_o.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: "1964-01-31"
deathDate: "2013-05-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.91
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.541668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1101744/"
    handle:    "nm1101744"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジェフ・ハンネマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump