# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-kay-q63204
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:35:30.075Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-kay-q63204"
name: "John Kay"
slug: "john-kay-q63204"
description: "John Kay is an American rock singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the frontman of Steppenwolf."
tagline: "American rock musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Kay-_OR_State_Fair_2007_(cropped).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: "1944-04-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.664328
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1154408/"
    handle:    "nm1154408"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.steppenwolf.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8)"
    title: "جون كاي (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "جون كاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%A7%DB%8C_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%86)"
    title: "جون کای (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(hudebn%C3%ADk)"
    title: "John Kay (hudebník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(Musiker)"
    title: "John Kay (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(musician)"
    title: "John Kay (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "John Kay (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(muusikko)"
    title: "John Kay (muusikko)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(musicien)"
    title: "John Kay (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay"
    title: "John Kay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay"
    title: "John Kay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%B6_%D5%94%D5%A5%D5%B5_(%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%B9)"
    title: "Ջոն Քեյ (երգիչ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(musicista)"
    title: "John Kay (musicista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(musicus)"
    title: "John Kay (musicus)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musikaren_John_Kay"
    title: "Musikaren John Kay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(muzyk)"
    title: "John Kay (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "John Kay (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%8D%D0%B9"
    title: "Джон Кэй"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay"
    title: "John Kay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kay_(musiker)"
    title: "John Kay (musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0d833cff-1f5c-4684-8a4b-200bd96f814a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63204"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1089637"
    title: "John Kay"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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