# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-pete-williams
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:21:47.029Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-pete-williams"
name: "Robert Pete Williams"
slug: "robert-pete-williams"
description: "Robert Pete Williams was an American Louisiana blues musician. His music characteristically employed unconventional structures and guitar tunings, and his songs are often about the time he served in prison. His song \"I've Grown So Ugly\" has been covered by Captain Beefheart, on his album Safe as Milk (1967), and by The Black Keys, on Rubber Factory (2004)."
tagline: "American Louisiana blues musician (1914–1980)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Pete_Williams.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: "1914-03-14"
deathDate: "1980-12-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.13
  momentum:             4.109387043801736
  historical:           9.42592
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1036229/"
    handle:    "nm1036229"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/367077"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "روبرت بيت وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B2"
    title: "روبرت بيت وليامز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pete_Williams"
    title: "Robert Pete Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pete_Williams"
    title: "Robert Pete Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pete_Williams"
    title: "Robert Pete Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pete_Williams"
    title: "Robert Pete Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pete_Williams"
    title: "Robert Pete Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pete_Williams"
    title: "Robert Pete Williams"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b0420275-0330-4220-beda-16f82e626900"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328246"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6185303"
    title: "Robert Pete Williams"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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