# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-thunders
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:10:13.933Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-thunders"
name: "Johnny Thunders"
slug: "johnny-thunders"
description: "John Anthony Genzale, known professionally as Johnny Thunders, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He came to prominence in the early 1970s as a member of New York Dolls. He later formed the Heartbreakers and played as a solo artist."
tagline: "American guitarist and singer (1952–1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Thunders_ca_1980.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: "1952-07-15"
deathDate: "1991-04-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.95766666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0862089/"
    handle:    "nm0862089"
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    handle:    "421A23lYymEUE6SozCfWbr"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.thunders.ca"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Thunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Thunders"
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    title: "Johnny Thunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Thunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Thunders"
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    title: "Johnny Thunders"
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    title: "Johnny Thunders"
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  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Thunders"
    title: "Johnny Thunders"
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    title: "Johnny Thunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Thunders"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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