# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rich-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:35:22.794Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rich-williams"
name: "Rich Williams"
slug: "rich-williams"
description: "Richard John Williams is an American guitarist, primarily known for being one of the only consistent original members of the rock band Kansas alongside drummer Phil Ehart. Both have appeared on every Kansas album to date."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rich_Williams_(36113095311)_(cropped).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: "1950-02-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.71
  momentum:             3.197697499007542
  historical:           10.30603066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2580391/"
    handle:    "nm2580391"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ريتش وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ریچ ولیامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Williams"
    title: "Rich Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Williams"
    title: "Rich Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Williams"
    title: "Rich Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Williams"
    title: "Rich Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Williams"
    title: "Rich Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Williams"
    title: "Rich Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Williams"
    title: "Rich Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2256f694-db0b-40af-91f5-569aa04b584c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3304432"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2356920"
    title: "Rich Williams"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump