# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ross-valory
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:53:14.385Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ross-valory"
name: "Ross Valory"
slug: "ross-valory"
description: "Ross Lamont Valory is an American musician who is best known as a founding member of the rock band Journey. He was the bassist for the band from 1973 to 1985 and again from 1995 to 2020. Valory was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio as a member of Journey in 2017."
tagline: "American bass guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/RossValory.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: "1949-02-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.12004
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rossvalory"
    handle:    "rossvalory"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/valoryross/"
    handle:    "valoryross"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/rvalory"
    handle:    "rvalory"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885345/"
    handle:    "nm0885345"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rossvalory.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/381124"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "روس ڤالورى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Valory"
    title: "Ross Valory"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Valory"
    title: "Ross Valory"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Valory"
    title: "Ross Valory"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Valory"
    title: "Ross Valory"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Valory"
    title: "Ross Valory"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Valory"
    title: "Ross Valory"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Valory"
    title: "Ross Valory"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0fddcd6c-9dc3-4af2-ae65-6b839b5600aa"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q301874"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/555979"
    title: "Ross Valory"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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