# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-allan-cameron
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:45:17.095Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-allan-cameron"
name: "John Allan Cameron"
slug: "john-allan-cameron"
description: "John Allan Cameron, was a Canadian folk singer, \"The Godfather of Celtic Music\" in Canada. Noted for performing traditional music on his twelve string guitar, he released his first album in 1969. He released 10 albums during his lifetime and was featured on national television. He was a recipient of the East Coast Music Award's Lifetime Achievement Award and the Order of Canada, conferred in 2003."
tagline: "Canadian Celtic musician (1938–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Allan_Cameron.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-12-16"
deathDate: "2006-11-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.77
  momentum:             5.289918734900066
  historical:           7.012996
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1591378/"
    handle:    "nm1591378"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnallancameron.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3000776"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون ألان كاميرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Allan_Cameron"
    title: "John Allan Cameron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جان آلن کامرون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Allan_Cameron"
    title: "John Allan Cameron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Allan_Cameron"
    title: "John Allan Cameron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Allan_Cameron"
    title: "John Allan Cameron"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7bc6d1a8-d66f-4590-a971-5ae020f92e2a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3180904"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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