# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-schlitt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:33:05.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-schlitt"
name: "John Schlitt"
slug: "john-schlitt"
description: "John William Schlitt is an American singer, who was the lead singer of the Christian rock band Petra from 1986 until the band's retirement in early 2006. Prior to joining Petra in 1986, Schlitt was the lead vocalist for Head East until retiring from the band in 1980."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Schlitt_(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: "1950-02-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.23
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.439677333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnwschlitt.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/449592"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "جون ستشليت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schlitt"
    title: "John Schlitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schlitt"
    title: "John Schlitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schlitt"
    title: "John Schlitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schlitt"
    title: "John Schlitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schlitt"
    title: "John Schlitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Шлитт, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Schlitt"
    title: "John Schlitt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fd57bcf3-b7b2-47db-a5a9-0dea377f167e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2628669"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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