# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-pigpen-mckernan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:23:00.547Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-pigpen-mckernan"
name: "Ron \"Pigpen\" McKernan"
slug: "ron-pigpen-mckernan"
description: "Ronald Charles McKernan, known as Pigpen, was an American musician. He was a founding member of the San Francisco band the Grateful Dead and played in the group from 1965 to 1972."
tagline: "American musician (1945–1973)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_%22Pigpen%22_McKernan.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: "1945-09-08"
deathDate: "1973-03-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.55
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.111128
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0571682/"
    handle:    "nm0571682"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "رون پيجپين مكيرنان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_McKernan"
    title: "Ron McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_McKernan"
    title: "Ron McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_%22Pigpen%22_McKernan"
    title: "Ron \"Pigpen\" McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_%C2%ABPigpen%C2%BB_McKernan"
    title: "Ron «Pigpen» McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_%22Pigpen%22_McKernan"
    title: "Ron \"Pigpen\" McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_%C2%AB_Pigpen_%C2%BB_McKernan"
    title: "Ron « Pigpen » McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigpen_McKernan"
    title: "Pigpen McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_%C2%ABPigpen%C2%BB_McKernan"
    title: "Ron «Pigpen» McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_McKernan"
    title: "Ron McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_McKernan"
    title: "Ron McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_%22Pigpen%22_McKernan"
    title: "Ron \"Pigpen\" McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_McKernan"
    title: "Ron McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_McKernan"
    title: "Ron McKernan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4ae1e75f-ed0a-40e4-a084-0f07d7ca0b7c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2165146"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5097774"
    title: "Ron 'Pigpen' McKernan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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