# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/raphael-ravenscroft
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:47:33.805Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/raphael-ravenscroft"
name: "Raphael Ravenscroft"
slug: "raphael-ravenscroft"
description: "Raphael Ravenscroft was a British musician, composer and author. He is best known for playing the saxophone riff on Gerry Rafferty's 1978 song \"Baker Street\"."
tagline: "British musician, composer and author (1954–2014)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Raphael_Ravenscroft_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1954-06-04"
deathDate: "2014-10-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.1
  momentum:             16.09769562673842
  historical:           13.11747333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/raphael-ravenscroft-54471822/"
    handle:    "raphael-ravenscroft-54471822"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0712388/"
    handle:    "nm0712388"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "رافايل راڤينسكروفت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft"
    title: "Raphael Ravenscroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft"
    title: "Raphael Ravenscroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft"
    title: "Raphael Ravenscroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft"
    title: "Raphael Ravenscroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft"
    title: "Raphael Ravenscroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft"
    title: "Raphael Ravenscroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft"
    title: "Raphael Ravenscroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "რაფაელ რეივენსკროფტი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft"
    title: "Raphael Ravenscroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft"
    title: "Raphael Ravenscroft"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D1%82%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%8C"
    title: "Равенскрофт, Рафаэль"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphael_Ravenscroft"
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    title: "Рафаель Рейвенскрофт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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