# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-renbourn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:33:58.383Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-renbourn"
name: "John Renbourn"
slug: "john-renbourn"
description: "John Renbourn was an English guitarist and songwriter. He was best known for his collaboration with guitarist Bert Jansch as well as his work with the folk group Pentangle, although he maintained a solo career before, during and after that band's existence (1967–1973). Several albums were credited to the John Renbourn Group. He worked later in a duo with Stefan Grossman."
tagline: "English guitarist and songwriter (1944–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnRenbournNewBedfordSummerfest2005..jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-08-08"
deathDate: "2015-03-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.11
  momentum:             5.19
  historical:           13.07218533333333
  currentAttention:     4.800000000000001
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1173092/"
    handle:    "nm1173092"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnrenbourn.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "جون رينبورن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Renbourn"
    title: "John Renbourn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Renbourn"
    title: "John Renbourn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Renbourn"
    title: "John Renbourn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Renbourn"
    title: "John Renbourn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Renbourn"
    title: "John Renbourn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Renbourn"
    title: "John Renbourn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AC%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジョン・レンボーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannes_Renbourn"
    title: "Ioannes Renbourn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Renbourn"
    title: "John Renbourn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Renbourn"
    title: "John Renbourn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Renbourn"
    title: "John Renbourn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Renbourn"
    title: "John Renbourn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4e64ce27-3326-49ac-abf0-494c63979c96"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1398824"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69956"
    title: "John Renbourn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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