# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-blair
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:48:03.433Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-blair"
name: "Ron Blair"
slug: "ron-blair"
description: "Ronald Edward Blair is an American musician notable for being the bassist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. He was originally the band's bassist from 1976 to 1981. In 2002, he returned to the group after a 20-year hiatus, replacing his own replacement, the late Howie Epstein."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_Blair%2C_2017-08-28.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: "1948-09-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.05
  momentum:             0.1079136690647482
  historical:           8.887192
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2136382/"
    handle:    "nm2136382"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/411510"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "رون بلير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "رون بلير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B1"
    title: "رون بلیر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Blair"
    title: "Ron Blair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Blair"
    title: "Ron Blair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Blair"
    title: "Ron Blair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Blair"
    title: "Ron Blair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Blair"
    title: "Ron Blair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9df17bdb-891b-4b4d-83de-b366f31ea73f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7363533"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2264482"
    title: "Ron Blair"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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