# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stan-ridgway
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:14:15.016Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stan-ridgway"
name: "Stan Ridgway"
slug: "stan-ridgway"
description: "Stanard \"Stan\" Ridgway is an American singer-songwriter, and film and television composer known for his distinctive voice, dramatic lyrical narratives, and eclectic solo albums. He was the original lead singer and a founding member of the band Wall of Voodoo."
tagline: "American singer-songwriter and film and television composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/StanRidgway_Rome1.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: "1954-04-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.11
  momentum:             15
  historical:           13.960956
  currentAttention:     24.76
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/Stan_Ridgway"
    handle:    "Stan_Ridgway"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/stan_ridgway/"
    handle:    "stan_ridgway"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/StanRidgwayOfficial"
    handle:    "StanRidgwayOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725940/"
    handle:    "nm0725940"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "0abFhp8sBMhKTXGR435YRI"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.stanridgway.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ستان ريدجواي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "ستان ريدجواى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "ستان ریدجوای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ridgway"
    title: "Stan Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ridgway"
    title: "Stan Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ridgway"
    title: "Stan Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ridgway"
    title: "Stan Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ridgway"
    title: "Stan Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ridgway"
    title: "Stan Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ridgway"
    title: "Stan Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ridgway"
    title: "Stan Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ridgway"
    title: "Stan Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Ridgway"
    title: "Stan Ridgway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%B9%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B1%DA%88%DA%AF_%D9%88%DB%92"
    title: "اسٹین رڈگ وے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Stan Ridgway"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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