# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-nielsen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:29:48.476Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-nielsen"
name: "Rick Nielsen"
slug: "rick-nielsen"
description: "Richard Alan Nielsen is an American musician who is the lead guitarist, primary songwriter, and leader of the rock band Cheap Trick. He is well-known for his numerous custom-made guitars from Hamer Guitars, including his famous five-neck guitar."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rick_Nielsen_Dream_Police_show.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: "1948-12-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.17
  momentum:             1.226164615013275
  historical:           10.56897466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/CheapTrickRick"
    handle:    "CheapTrickRick"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/CheapTrickRickOfficial"
    handle:    "CheapTrickRickOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0630973/"
    handle:    "nm0630973"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Rick Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Nielsen"
    title: "Rick Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "ريك نيلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "ريك نيلسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%86"
    title: "ریک نیسلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Nielsen"
    title: "Rick Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Nielsen"
    title: "Rick Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%86"
    title: "ریک نیسلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Nielsen"
    title: "Rick Nielsen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5049f967-6912-46de-be58-73b4b5e9af19"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1170417"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1227026"
    title: "Rick Nielsen"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump