# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ricky-nelson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:55:12.250Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ricky-nelson"
name: "Ricky Nelson"
slug: "ricky-nelson"
description: "Eric Hilliard \"Ricky\" or “Rick” Nelson was an American musician and actor. From age eight, he starred alongside his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. In 1957, he began a long and successful career as a popular recording artist."
tagline: "American musician, singer-songwriter, and actor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Decca_Records_Rick_Nelson_1966.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: "1940-05-08"
deathDate: "1985-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           73.93
  momentum:             0.07874015748031497
  historical:           27.0087
  currentAttention:     0.3579098067287045
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 68700
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625699/"
    handle:    "nm0625699"
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    handle:    "73sSFVlM6pkweLXE8qw1OS"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rickynelson.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTMqfqcEMQalFFcuzoQe6Ew"
    handle:    "Rick Nelson - Topic"
    followers: 68700
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ريكى نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ρίκι Νέλσον"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ricky Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ricky Nelson"
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    title: "Ricky Nelson"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ricky Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ricky Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ricky Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ריקי נלסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ricky Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ricky Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ռիկի Նելսոն"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Ricky Nelson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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