# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richie-sambora
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:03:40.989Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richie-sambora"
name: "Richie Sambora"
slug: "richie-sambora"
description: "Richard Stephen Sambora is an American musician, songwriter and singer. He was a member of the rock band Bon Jovi from 1983 to 2013. Sambora was the band's lead guitarist; he also provided backing vocals and played a major role in the band's songwriting. In 2018, Sambora was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Bon Jovi. He reunited with his former bandmates for a performance at the induction ceremony."
tagline: "American rock musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RSO_NAMM_2017_3.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: "1959-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           77.57
  momentum:             15.0663192164954
  historical:           26.504824
  currentAttention:     81.81818181818181
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 61400
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/TheRealSambora"
    handle:    "TheRealSambora"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/TheRealSambora"
    handle:    "TheRealSambora"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1059359/"
    handle:    "nm1059359"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "6uNjT2PKDfR7t48JKhajkh"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bonjovi.com/bonjovi/theband_richie_faq.php"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHf1ieojUjpmgsOOOaQ4-TA"
    handle:    "@therealsambora"
    followers: 61400
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ريتشي سامبورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D9%89_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ريتشى سامبورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "ریچی سامبورا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ричи Самбора"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora"
    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora"
    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora"
    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora"
    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ריצ'י סמבורה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora"
    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora"
    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora"
    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora"
    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%81%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%A9"
    title: "リッチー・サンボラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A6%AC%EC%B9%98_%EC%83%98%EB%B3%B4%EB%9D%BC"
    title: "리치 샘보라"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora"
    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora"
    title: "Richie Sambora"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Richie_Sambora"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3ae4a23a-80a2-408f-9079-d6571c2525ae"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q295153"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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