# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jon-schaffer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:43:20.381Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jon-schaffer"
name: "Jon Schaffer"
slug: "jon-schaffer"
description: "Jon Ryan Schaffer is an American heavy metal musician. He is the rhythm guitarist, bandleader and principal songwriter of the Indiana-based heavy metal band Iced Earth, which he formed in 1985 under the name Purgatory. He is also the lead singer in his political side project Sons of Liberty and, until 2021, played guitar for Demons & Wizards, his collaboration with Blind Guardian frontman Hansi Kürsch."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20161202_Oberhausen_Ruhrpott_Metall_Meeting_Iced_Earth_0136_Iced_Earth_(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: "1968-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.38
  momentum:             7.390350600922169
  historical:           17.63674133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2jvPp3brlgJ9e40mDXhsbB"
    handle:    "2jvPp3brlgJ9e40mDXhsbB"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.icedearth.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "چون ستشافير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان شیفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джон Шафер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Τζον Σέιφερ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "جان شیفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Шаффер, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Schaffer"
    title: "Jon Schaffer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q456005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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