# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-k-samson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:00:07.407Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-k-samson"
name: "John K. Samson"
slug: "john-k-samson"
description: "John Kristjan Samson is a Canadian musician from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is a singer-songwriter and best known as the frontman of the Canadian indie folk/rock band The Weakerthans. He also played bass in the punk band Propagandhi during the mid-1990s. Today, Samson is making music under his own name, John K. Samson. His latest solo album, Winter Wheat, was released in 2016."
tagline: "Canadian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Weakerthans_guy%2C_by_tao_zhyn.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: "1973"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.079416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4210534/"
    handle:    "nm4210534"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.theweakerthans.org"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/482543"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A._%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون كي. سامسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%89._%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون كى. سامسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%DB%8C._%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "جون کی. سامسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_K._Samson"
    title: "John K. Samson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_K._Samson"
    title: "John K. Samson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_K._Samson"
    title: "John K. Samson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_K._Samson"
    title: "John K. Samson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_K._Samson"
    title: "John K. Samson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q224784"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1635917"
    title: "John K. Samson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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