# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-hicks
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:22:49.977Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-hicks"
name: "John Hicks"
slug: "john-hicks"
description: "John Josephus Hicks Jr. was an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger. He was leader of more than 30 recordings and played as a sideman on more than 300."
tagline: "American jazz pianist and composer (1941-2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Hicks.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: "1941-12-21"
deathDate: "2006-05-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.96
  momentum:             0.3236994219653179
  historical:           9.032148
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1070
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1504272/"
    handle:    "nm1504272"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2JzTVgQ5vs7k1gGXbC5DWG"
    handle:    "2JzTVgQ5vs7k1gGXbC5DWG"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCR_iLWBcY-LrWGzcwT6TyPw"
    handle:    "John Hicks - Topic"
    followers: 1070
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/294393"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D9%84%D8%AD%D9%86)"
    title: "جون هيكس (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "جون هيكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C_%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "جون هیکس (شارکی یازیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hicks_(hudebn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "John Hicks (hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hicks_(Pianist)"
    title: "John Hicks (Pianist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hicks_(pianist)"
    title: "John Hicks (pianist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hicks_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "John Hicks (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hicks_(musicus)"
    title: "John Hicks (musicus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8b7b131b-4917-4401-a5a7-840fffd4361c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1700460"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2634727"
    title: "John Hicks"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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