# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-bell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:37:31.947Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-bell"
name: "Robert Bell"
slug: "robert-bell"
description: "Robert Earl \"Kool\" Bell, also known by the name Muhammad Bayyan, is an American musician, singer and songwriter. He is the last surviving founding member of the American R&B, soul, funk and disco band Kool & the Gang."
tagline: "American musician, founder of Kool & the Gang"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_bell_of_kool_and_the_gang.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: "1950-10-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.23
  momentum:             4.445092761190045
  historical:           10.48541866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Robert.Kool.Bell"
    handle:    "Robert.Kool.Bell"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1125267/"
    handle:    "nm1125267"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/387580"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_%22Kool%22_Bell"
    title: "Robert \"Kool\" Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bell"
    title: "Robert Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%84"
    title: "رابرت کول بل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bell_(musicien)"
    title: "Robert Bell (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bell"
    title: "Robert Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Earl_Bell"
    title: "Robert Earl Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_%C2%ABKool%C2%BB_Bell"
    title: "Robert «Kool» Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
    title: "Белл, Роберт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_%22Kool%22_Bell"
    title: "Robert \"Kool\" Bell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ecfc4ffa-eaa4-499c-8297-fcf4b6c71a11"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3113271"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1933313"
    title: "Robert Bell"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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