# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/roger-linn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:50:19.455Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/roger-linn"
name: "Roger Linn"
slug: "roger-linn"
description: "Roger Curtis Linn is an American designer of electronic musical instruments and equipment. He is the designer of the LM-1, and its successor, the LinnDrum, which were both used extensively in 1980s pop music. Later in the decade, he created the MPC sampler which had a major impact on the development of hip-hop."
tagline: "American engineer known for the Linn drum machine"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Roger_Linn_%E2%80%9CDrum_Machines_Have_No_Soul%E2%80%9D.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1955-08-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.24
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.687156
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rogerlinndesign.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/387506"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AC%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "روجر لين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Linn"
    title: "Roger Linn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Linn"
    title: "Roger Linn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Linn"
    title: "Roger Linn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Linn"
    title: "Roger Linn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Linn"
    title: "Roger Linn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Linn"
    title: "Roger Linn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Линн, Роджер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B6%D0%B5%D1%80_%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BD"
    title: "Роджер Лінн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/10b0a6af-773b-4e5d-9b24-9c0c34b8152e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2161784"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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