# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ron-welty
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:05:19.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ron-welty"
name: "Ron Welty"
slug: "ron-welty"
description: "Ronald Stephen Welty is an American musician and the former drummer for the punk rock band the Offspring, where he was a member from 1987 to 2003 and served as the band's longest-serving drummer. After the Offspring, Welty formed Steady Ground."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ron_welty_en_dexter_holland_-1646150671_(cropped).jpeg?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: "1971-02-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.39
  momentum:             18.55820691806888
  historical:           14.483788
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1218875/"
    handle:    "nm1218875"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ron Welty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Welty"
    title: "Ron Welty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Welty"
    title: "Ron Welty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Welty"
    title: "Ron Welty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Welty"
    title: "Ron Welty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Welty"
    title: "Ron Welty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%83%AB%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC"
    title: "ロン・ウェルティー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Welty"
    title: "Ron Welty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Welty"
    title: "Ron Welty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Welty"
    title: "Ron Welty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Уэлти, Рон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Welty"
    title: "Ron Welty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%96"
    title: "Рон Велті"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3609711"
    title: "Ron Welty"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump