# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/synyster-gates
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:13:58.936Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/synyster-gates"
name: "Synyster Gates"
slug: "synyster-gates"
description: "Brian Elwin Haner Jr., better known by his stage name Synyster Gates or simply Syn, is an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold. He ranks No. 9 on Guitar World's best metal guitarists of all time. Gates was voted as Best Metal Guitarist in the World by Total Guitar in 2016 and once again in 2017."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Synyster_Gates_in_2018.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
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birthDate: "1981-07-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm3143814"
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    url:       "http://www.syngates.com"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump