# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jonathan-richman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:09:12.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jonathan-richman"
name: "Jonathan Richman"
slug: "jonathan-richman"
description: "Jonathan Michael Richman is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970, he founded the Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key acoustic and electric backing. He is known for his wide-eyed, unaffected, and childlike outlook, and music that, while rooted in rock and roll, is influenced by music from around the world."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jonathan_Richman_of_the_Modern_Lovers%2C_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: "1951-05-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.96
  momentum:             0.2975950170136686
  historical:           20.57611333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725041/"
    handle:    "nm0725041"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6hkch2KhRl0tywpeVK5xR5"
    handle:    "6hkch2KhRl0tywpeVK5xR5"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump