# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neal-schon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:31:41.815Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neal-schon"
name: "Neal Schon"
slug: "neal-schon"
description: "Neal Joseph Schon is an American musician and songwriter, best known as the co-founder and lead guitarist for the rock band Journey. He is the last original member to remain throughout the group's history. He was a member of the rock band Santana before forming Journey. He was also a member of the group Bad English during Journey's hiatus from 1987 to 1995, as well as an original member of Hardline."
tagline: "American guitarist and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neal_Schon.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: "1954-02-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.41946
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nealschonmusic"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/nealschon/"
    handle:    "nealschon"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
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  - platform:  "IMDB"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Neal Schon"
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    title: "Neal Schon"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Schon"
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    title: "Neal Schon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Schon"
    title: "Neal Schon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Neal Schon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump