# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-linnell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:51:59.151Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-linnell"
name: "John Linnell"
slug: "john-linnell"
description: "John Sidney Linnell is an American musician, multi-instrumentalist, and a co-founder of alternative rock band They Might Be Giants with John Flansburgh, which was formed in 1982. In addition to singing and songwriting, he plays keyboard, accordion, baritone and bass saxophone, and clarinet for the band."
tagline: "American musician (born 1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Linnell_2011-11-10.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: "1959-06-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.14
  momentum:             3.798882681564246
  historical:           10.78220133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0513057/"
    handle:    "nm0513057"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/543875"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "چوهن لينيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Linnell"
    title: "John Linnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Linnell"
    title: "John Linnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Linnell"
    title: "John Linnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Linnell"
    title: "John Linnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Linnell"
    title: "John Linnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Linnell"
    title: "John Linnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Linnell"
    title: "John Linnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Linnell"
    title: "John Linnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Linnell"
    title: "John Linnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b48f22c6-cab9-436c-a6d0-99839a19ee05"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707352"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93463"
    title: "John Linnell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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