# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-raitt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:07:18.194Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-raitt"
name: "John Raitt"
slug: "john-raitt"
description: "John Emmet Raitt was an American actor and singer best known for his performances in musical theatre. His most notable role was Billy Bigelow in the original Broadway cast of Carousel."
tagline: "American singer and actor (1917-2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Raitt_ca_1958_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1917-01-29"
deathDate: "2005-02-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.9471094710947109
  historical:           12.86149333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0707251/"
    handle:    "nm0707251"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnraitt.com"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Raitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Raitt"
    title: "John Raitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Raitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Raitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EB%A0%88%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "존 레이트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Raitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Raitt"
    title: "John Raitt"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%B9"
    title: "جان رائٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "John Raitt"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump