# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tim-ripper-owens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:19:13.794Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tim-ripper-owens"
name: "Tim \"Ripper\" Owens"
slug: "tim-ripper-owens"
description: "Timothy S. \"Ripper\" Owens is an American heavy metal singer who currently performs with KK's Priest, Spirits of Fire, the Three Tremors and \"The Tim Ripper Monster Energy Big Band\". He first gained attention as the lead singer of Judas Priest and then Iced Earth. He took the nickname \"Ripper\" from the Judas Priest song \"The Ripper\" during his time in the tribute band British Steel. Like his predecessor in Judas Priest, Owens has been noted for his powerful and wide ranging operatic vocal style."
tagline: "American heavy metal singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KK%E2%80%99s_Priest_-_2024214191207_2024-08-01_Wacken_-_Sven_-_1D_X_MK_II_-_2112_-_B70I5725.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: "1967-09-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           58.16
  momentum:             16.54382651825745
  historical:           22.63330133333334
  currentAttention:     4
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/timripperowens"
    handle:    "timripperowens"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/timripperowensofficial/"
    handle:    "timripperowensofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5290237/"
    handle:    "nm5290237"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.timripperowens.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Owens"
    title: "Tim Owens"
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  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Owens"
    title: "Tim Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Ripper_Owens"
    title: "Tim Ripper Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%B9%CE%BC_%CE%8C%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%B5%CE%BD%CF%82"
    title: "Τιμ Όουενς"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_%22Ripper%22_Owens"
    title: "Tim \"Ripper\" Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tim Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Owens"
    title: "Tim Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tim Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tim Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tim Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ripper Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ტიმ ოუენსი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8C%80_%EC%98%A4%EC%96%B8%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "팀 오언스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Owens"
    title: "Tim Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Owens"
    title: "Tim Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Оуэнс, Тим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Тим Овенс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Owens"
    title: "Tim Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_%22Ripper%22_Owens"
    title: "Tim \"Ripper\" Owens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%96%D0%BC_%D0%9E%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%81"
    title: "Тім Овенс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q333335"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2576834"
    title: "Tim 'Ripper' Owens"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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