# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonathan-coulton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:16:50.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonathan-coulton"
name: "Jonathan Coulton"
slug: "jonathan-coulton"
description: "Jonathan William Coulton, often called \"JoCo\" by fans, is an American folk/comedy singer-songwriter, known for his songs about geek culture and his use of the Internet to draw fans. Among his most popular songs are \"Code Monkey\", \"Re: Your Brains\", \"Still Alive\", and \"Want You Gone\". He was the house musician for NPR weekly puzzle quiz show Ask Me Another from 2012 until its end in 2021."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan_Coulton_13_November_2009.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: "1970-12-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           16.169992
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 51000
platforms:
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    handle:    "jonathancoulton"
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    handle:    "realjonathancoulton"
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    handle:    "jonathancoultonofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm1637037"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-y1QKnQS3r659fDMClZB1A"
    handle:    "@jcoulton"
    followers: 51000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Jonathan Coulton"
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    title: "조너선 콜턴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jonathan Coulton"
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    title: "Jonathan Coulton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Jonathan Coulton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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