# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jon-oliva
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:02:56.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jon-oliva"
name: "Jon Oliva"
slug: "jon-oliva"
description: "John Nicholas \"Jon\" Oliva is an American singer and musician. He is best known as the co-founder, keyboardist and lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Savatage, which he co-founded with his younger brother Criss Oliva. Since 1996 he has also been a songwriter, musician and vocalist in Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Producer Paul O'Neill referred to Oliva in numerous interviews as the single greatest vocalist/musician he has ever worked with."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jon_Oliva_(PK)_%E2%80%93_Wacken_Open_Air_2015_01.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: "1960-07-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.26
  momentum:             3.266157053509382
  historical:           16.13950533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1398799/"
    handle:    "nm1398799"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.savatage.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون اوليفا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Oliva"
    title: "Jon Oliva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B6%CE%BF%CE%BD_%CE%8C%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%B1"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Oliva"
    title: "Jon Oliva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Oliva"
    title: "Jon Oliva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Oliva"
    title: "Jon Oliva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Oliva"
    title: "Jon Oliva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Oliva"
    title: "Jon Oliva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Oliva"
    title: "Jon Oliva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Oliva"
    title: "Jon Oliva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Олива, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jon Oliva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Oliva"
    title: "Jon Oliva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/58566bbe-45ec-4919-b243-7a0b1fa5ad62"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q918492"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1635411"
    title: "Jon Oliva"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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