# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nokie-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:03:37.667Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nokie-edwards"
name: "Nokie Edwards"
slug: "nokie-edwards"
description: "Nole Floyd \"Nokie\" Edwards was an American musician and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was primarily a guitarist, best known for his work with The Ventures, and was known in Japan as the 'King of Guitars'. Edwards was also an actor, who appeared briefly on Deadwood, an American Western drama television series."
tagline: "American musician (1935–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nole_%22Nokie%22_Edwards.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1935-05-09"
deathDate: "2018-03-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.28
  momentum:             0.5016722408026756
  historical:           11.96303866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1815615/"
    handle:    "nm1815615"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.nokieedwards.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/727188"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D9%83%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3"
    title: "نوكى ادواردس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokie_Edwards"
    title: "Nokie Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokie_Edwards"
    title: "Nokie Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokie_Edwards"
    title: "Nokie Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokie_Edwards"
    title: "Nokie Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokie_Edwards"
    title: "Nokie Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokie_Edwards"
    title: "Nokie Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A8%E3%83%89%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA"
    title: "ノーキー・エドワーズ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokie_Edwards"
    title: "Nokie Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokie_Edwards"
    title: "Nokie Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokie_Edwards"
    title: "Nokie Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokie_Edwards"
    title: "Nokie Edwards"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5af261e2-bc86-425d-811a-4fbc5bcf59ea"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4349710"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1208944"
    title: "Nokie Edwards"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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