# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/papa-john-creach
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:59:27.965Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/papa-john-creach"
name: "Papa John Creach"
slug: "papa-john-creach"
description: "John Henry Creach, better known as Papa John Creach, was an American blues violinist who also played classical, jazz, R&B, pop and acid rock music. Early in his career, he performed as a journeyman musician with Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Stuff Smith, Charlie Christian, Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Nat King Cole and Roy Milton."
tagline: "American violinist (1917–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Papa_John_Creach_-_Jefferson_Starship_-_1974.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: "1917-05-28"
deathDate: "1994-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.65
  momentum:             1.820940819423369
  historical:           9.784962666666669
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0187085/"
    handle:    "nm0187085"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/361997"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7_%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "پاپا چوهن كرياتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE%D8%A7_%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%86_%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8E%DA%86"
    title: "پاپا جۆن کرێچ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_John_Creach"
    title: "Papa John Creach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_John_Creach"
    title: "Papa John Creach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_John_Creach"
    title: "Papa John Creach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_John_Creach"
    title: "Papa John Creach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_John_Creach"
    title: "Papa John Creach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_John_Creach"
    title: "Papa John Creach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%87"
    title: "Папа Джон Крич"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1148d2a9-cd76-48e9-baaa-4a22b9656d5b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1350441"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1242826"
    title: "Papa John Creach"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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