# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-olson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:52:03.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-olson"
name: "Mark Olson"
slug: "mark-olson"
description: "Mark John Olson is an American musician and singer-songwriter. He was a founding member of alternative country bands The Jayhawks and the Original Harmony Ridge Creekdippers."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mark-olson-2010-10-23.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: "1961-09-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.53
  momentum:             0.5
  historical:           9.24536
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3372024/"
    handle:    "nm3372024"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.markolsonmusic.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/557461"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%A3%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مارك أولسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مارك اولسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Olson"
    title: "Mark Olson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Olson_(musician)"
    title: "Mark Olson (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Olson"
    title: "Mark Olson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Olson"
    title: "Mark Olson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Olson"
    title: "Mark Olson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Olson"
    title: "Mark Olson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/51655104-6963-4a60-a7db-c2c6de58f65d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355588"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3578986"
    title: "Mark Olson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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