# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ronnie-van-zant
# Generated: 2026-08-14T16:31:38.422Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ronnie-van-zant"
name: "Ronnie Van Zant"
slug: "ronnie-van-zant"
description: "Ronald Wayne Van Zant was an American singer, best known as the founding lead vocalist and primary lyricist of the southern rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd. He was the older brother of Johnny Van Zant, the current lead vocalist of Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Donnie Van Zant, the founder and vocalist of the rock band .38 Special."
tagline: "American singer (1948–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ronnie_Van_Zant_(1975).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-01-15"
deathDate: "1977-10-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.554591441826135
  historical:           24.98746933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Ван Зант, Ронни"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump