# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-sykes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:46:54.201Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-sykes"
name: "John Sykes"
slug: "john-sykes"
description: "John James Sykes was an English guitarist and singer, best known as a member of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy and Tygers of Pan Tang. He also fronted the hard rock group Blue Murder and released several solo albums."
tagline: "British guitarist (1959–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Sykes_1984.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: "1959-07-29"
deathDate: "2024"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.2
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.73817466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "Real_Sykes"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2061035/"
    handle:    "nm2061035"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://johnsykes.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جون سيكيس (ملحن)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джон Сайкс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Sykes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Sykes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sykes_(Musiker)"
    title: "John Sykes (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Sykes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Sykes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Sykes"
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    title: "Ջոն Սայքս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジョン・サイクス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "존 사이크스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Sykes"
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    title: "John Sykes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sykes_(gitarzysta)"
    title: "John Sykes (gitarzysta)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Sykes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сайкс, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Sykes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sykes"
    title: "John Sykes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sykes"
    title: "John Sykes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "John Sykes"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump