# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-desjardins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:51:56.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-desjardins"
name: "Richard Desjardins"
slug: "richard-desjardins"
description: "Richard Desjardins is a Québécois folk singer and film director."
tagline: "Canadian singer and filmmaker"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Desjardins_Arvida03_mod.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-03-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.5
  momentum:             18.49146110056926
  historical:           7.343454666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RDesjardinsOfficiel"
    handle:    "RDesjardinsOfficiel"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0221306/"
    handle:    "nm0221306"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2zZ8py1CLFzH10bc2unTpn"
    handle:    "2zZ8py1CLFzH10bc2unTpn"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.richarddesjardins.qc.ca/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/648379"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ريتشارد ديسغاردين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Desjardins"
    title: "Richard Desjardins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Desjardins"
    title: "Richard Desjardins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Desjardins"
    title: "Richard Desjardins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Desjardins"
    title: "Richard Desjardins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DA%86%D8%B1%DA%88_%DA%88%DB%8C%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%88%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "رچرڈ ڈیزارڈنز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e6b23211-5b52-4efc-bf38-07b24f3d1807"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3430709"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1020746"
    title: "Richard Desjardins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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