# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rudolf-schenker
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:23:18.314Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rudolf-schenker"
name: "Rudolf Schenker"
slug: "rudolf-schenker"
description: "Rudolf Schenker is a German guitarist and songwriter, best known as the founder and leader of the hard rock band Scorpions. He is the rhythm and lead guitarist, primary songwriter and the sole constant member of the band. He is also the CEO/owner-manager of the Scorpions Musik-Produktions-und Verlagsgesellschaft mbH and owner/founder of the Scorpio-Sound-Studios in Lower Saxony. He is the older brother of Michael Schenker."
tagline: "German guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Scorpions_(37459034).jpeg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-08-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.558568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump