# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/t-bone-walker
# Generated: 2026-08-12T16:35:12.825Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/t-bone-walker"
name: "T-Bone Walker"
slug: "t-bone-walker"
description: "Aaron Thibeaux \"T-Bone\" Walker was an American blues musician, composer, songwriter and bandleader, who was a pioneer and innovator of the jump blues, West Coast blues, and electric blues sounds. In 2018 Rolling Stone magazine ranked him number 67 on its list of \"The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time\"."
tagline: "American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/T-Bone_Walker_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1910-05-28"
deathDate: "1975-03-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump