# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lightnin-hopkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:10:59.539Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lightnin-hopkins"
name: "Lightnin' Hopkins"
slug: "lightnin-hopkins"
description: "Samuel John \"Lightnin'\" Hopkins was an American country blues singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional pianist from Centerville, Texas. In 2010, Rolling Stone magazine ranked him No. 71 on its list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time."
tagline: "American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist (1912-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lightnin'_Hopkins.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1912-03-15"
deathDate: "1982-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump