# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-fortus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:31:02.157Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-fortus"
name: "Richard Fortus"
slug: "richard-fortus"
description: "Richard Fortus is an American guitarist. He has been a member of the hard rock band Guns N' Roses since 2002 and has recorded one studio album with them. Fortus has also collaborated extensively with The Psychedelic Furs frontman Richard Butler and former Guns N' Roses bandmate Frank Ferrer. Aside from lead singer Axl Rose and keyboardist Dizzy Reed, Fortus is the longest-tenured member of Guns N' Roses, having been with the band continuously since 2002."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_Fortus_(8056234364).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1966-11-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             30
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  currentAttention:     1.72
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1249554/"
    handle:    "nm1249554"
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    url:       "http://www.richardfortus.com/"
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    title: "Richard Fortus"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richard Fortus"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump