# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-kottke
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:31:06.248Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-kottke"
name: "Leo Kottke"
slug: "leo-kottke"
description: "Leo Kottke is an American acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He has overcome a series of personal obstacles, including partial loss of hearing and a nearly career-ending bout with tendon damage in his right hand, to emerge as a widely recognized master of his instrument. He resides in the Minneapolis area with his family."
tagline: "American guitarist and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leo_Kottke_6-16-07_Photo_by_Anthony_Pepitone.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: "1945-09-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.78738
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/leokottke/"
    handle:    "leokottke"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFi6G42DTw0SYxxywALvTag"
    handle:    "UCFi6G42DTw0SYxxywALvTag"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/leokottkemusic"
    handle:    "leokottkemusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467839/"
    handle:    "nm0467839"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6cjuHeJM6CHRUhIhApwFwx"
    handle:    "6cjuHeJM6CHRUhIhApwFwx"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.leokottke.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/191662"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%83"
    title: "ليو كوتك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BE_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%B5"
    title: "Лео Котке"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Kottke"
    title: "Leo Kottke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Kottke"
    title: "Leo Kottke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Kottke"
    title: "Leo Kottke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Kottke"
    title: "Leo Kottke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%AA%DA%A9%DB%8C"
    title: "لیو کاتکی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Kottke"
    title: "Leo Kottke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Kottke"
    title: "Leo Kottke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Kottke"
    title: "Leo Kottke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Kottke"
    title: "Leo Kottke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Kottke"
    title: "Leo Kottke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1a21878d-05b1-4983-a059-7cf3abee04b7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q705040"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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