# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ry-cooder
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:23:14.991Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ry-cooder"
name: "Ry Cooder"
slug: "ry-cooder"
description: "Ryland Peter Cooder is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, and his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries."
tagline: "American guitarist, singer and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ry_Cooder_playing.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1947-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Ry Cooder"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump