# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-van-zant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:53:51.901Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-van-zant"
name: "Johnny Van Zant"
slug: "johnny-van-zant"
description: "John Roy Van Zant is an American singer and the current lead vocalist of Southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He is the younger brother of Lynyrd Skynyrd co-founder and former lead vocalist Ronnie Van Zant, and of the 38 Special founder Donnie Van Zant."
tagline: "American singer (born 1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Van_Zant_(Lynyrd_Skynyrd)_(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: "1960-02-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.09
  momentum:             6.232581642101234
  historical:           17.91871066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "1oLVItT6UETI2EYrGlxSt1"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.thevanzants.com/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "جونى فان زانت"
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    title: "Johnny Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Van_Zant"
    title: "Johnny Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Τζόνι Βαν Ζαντ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Van Zant"
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  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Van_Zant"
    title: "Johnny Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Van_Zant"
    title: "Johnny Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EB%8B%88_%EB%B0%98_%EC%9E%B0%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "조니 반 잰트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Johnny Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Van_Zant"
    title: "Johnny Van Zant"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ван Зант, Джонни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump