# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-arpin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:47:04.446Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-arpin"
name: "John Arpin"
slug: "john-arpin"
description: "John Francis Oscar Arpin was a Canadian composer, recording artist and entertainer, best known for his work as a virtuoso ragtime pianist."
tagline: "Canadian ragtime pianist (1936-2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1990SedaliaJoplinFestArpinFaceCrop.jpg?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: "1936-12-03"
deathDate: "2007-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.004392
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2335229/"
    handle:    "nm2335229"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6OMykuv92hzqoSZAzcSdg1"
    handle:    "6OMykuv92hzqoSZAzcSdg1"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1757032"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جون ارپين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Arpin"
    title: "John Arpin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Arpin"
    title: "John Arpin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Arpin"
    title: "John Arpin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Арпин, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BF%D1%96%D0%BD"
    title: "Джон Арпін"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/57dab0f8-b0f0-4c10-8cbb-e11ebff8d870"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1699170"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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