# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sami-yaffa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:46:11.793Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sami-yaffa"
name: "Sami Yaffa"
slug: "sami-yaffa"
description: "Sami Yaffa is a Finnish bass guitarist best known for his work in New York Dolls, Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, Pelle Miljoona Oy, Michael Monroe's bands, and Hanoi Rocks. He is currently the bassist for the Michael Monroe band and is also concentrating on his solo career."
tagline: "Finnish bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Monroe_-_South_Park_Festival_2018_-_05.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1963-09-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.8
  momentum:             5.65130260521042
  historical:           8.880964
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/sami.yaffa"
    handle:    "sami.yaffa"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2078990/"
    handle:    "nm2078990"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://samiyaffa.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/381576"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Yaffa"
    title: "Sami Yaffa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Yaffa"
    title: "Sami Yaffa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Yaffa"
    title: "Sami Yaffa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Yaffa"
    title: "Sami Yaffa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Yaffa"
    title: "Sam Yaffa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Yaffa"
    title: "Sami Yaffa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Yaffa"
    title: "Sami Yaffa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Yaffa"
    title: "Sam Yaffa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/13e2e9f4-b18f-474e-a5b7-a053d12981ca"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2530734"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1449062"
    title: "Sam Yaffa"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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