# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-baker-saunders
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:56:07.647Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-baker-saunders"
name: "John Baker Saunders"
slug: "john-baker-saunders"
description: "John Baker Saunders, Jr. was an American musician, known as a founding member and bassist for the American grunge rock supergroup Mad Season, as well as a member of The Walkabouts."
tagline: "American musician (1954-1999)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d7/John_Baker_Saunder%2CMad_Season_era_photo.jpg"
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: "1954-09-23"
deathDate: "1999-01-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.923737333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1335633/"
    handle:    "nm1335633"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جون بيكر سوندرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baker_Saunders"
    title: "John Baker Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baker_Saunders"
    title: "John Baker Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baker_Saunders"
    title: "John Baker Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baker_Saunders"
    title: "John Baker Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baker_Saunders"
    title: "John Baker Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Сондерс, Джон Бейкер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1911062"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/239889"
    title: "John Baker Saunders"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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