# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lonnie-johnson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:55:15.287Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lonnie-johnson"
name: "Lonnie Johnson"
slug: "lonnie-johnson"
description: "Alonzo \"Lonnie\" Johnson was an American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter. He was a pioneer of jazz guitar and jazz violin and is recognized as the first to play an electrically amplified violin."
tagline: "American blues and jazz singer, guitarist, violinist and songwriter (1899–1970)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LonnieJohnsonByRussellLee1941Crop.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: "1899-02-08"
deathDate: "1970-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.21858133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1405532/"
    handle:    "nm1405532"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "لونی جونسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lonnie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson_(musician)"
    title: "Lonnie Johnson (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson_(muzikisto)"
    title: "Lonnie Johnson (muzikisto)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson"
    title: "Lonnie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson"
    title: "Lonnie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson_(musicien)"
    title: "Lonnie Johnson (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson"
    title: "Lonnie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson"
    title: "Lonnie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ロニー・ジョンソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A1%9C%EB%8B%88_%EC%A1%B4%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "로니 존슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson"
    title: "Lonnie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson"
    title: "Lonnie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie_Johnson"
    title: "Lonnie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Джонсон, Лонни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Lonnie Johnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351751"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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