# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-matheos
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:23:49.172Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-matheos"
name: "Jim Matheos"
slug: "jim-matheos"
description: "Jim Matheos is an American guitarist and the primary songwriter for the progressive metal band Fates Warning, in which he has been the only consistent member since the group's beginning. Matheos also plays in OSI alongside Kevin Moore, as well as making other appearances with many different bands and artists."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jim_Matheos_(Fates_Warning)2.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: "1962-11-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.3
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.30587066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://jimmatheos.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/438731"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "چيم ماثيوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Matheos"
    title: "Jim Matheos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Matheos"
    title: "Jim Matheos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Matheos"
    title: "Jim Matheos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Matheos"
    title: "Jim Matheos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A6%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "جیم ماتئوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Matheos"
    title: "Jim Matheos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Matheos"
    title: "Jim Matheos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Matheos"
    title: "Jim Matheos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Matheos"
    title: "Jim Matheos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Matheos"
    title: "Jim Matheos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Matheos"
    title: "Jim Matheos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Matheos"
    title: "Jim Matheos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f2a0aca5-d7be-4925-83f6-d125e560b7ab"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q585751"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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