# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richie-havens
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:36:44.554Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richie-havens"
name: "Richie Havens"
slug: "richie-havens"
description: "Richard Pierce Havens was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. His music encompassed elements of folk, soul, and rhythm and blues. He had a rhythmic guitar style. He was the opening act at Woodstock, sang many jingles for television commercials, and was also the voice of the GeoSafari toys."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter and guitarist (1941–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richie_Havens_1972_Hamburg.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: "1941-01-21"
deathDate: "2013-04-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           57
  momentum:             2.567267341397186
  historical:           23.48316133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "richiehavens"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0369784/"
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    handle:    "4Qk0lWGeXydDvfrDufDQ9p"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.richiehavens.com/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richie Havens"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump