# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-paxton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:45:30.520Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-paxton"
name: "Tom Paxton"
slug: "tom-paxton"
description: "Thomas Richard Paxton is an American folk singer-songwriter whose career spans more than sixty years. In 2009, Paxton received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is a music educator as well as an advocate for folk singers to combine traditional songs with new compositions."
tagline: "American folk singer and singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Folk_musician_Tom_Paxton_(3340906261).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: "1937-10-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.tompaxton.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tom Paxton"
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    title: "Tom Paxton"
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    title: "Tom Paxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tom Paxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tom Paxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tom Paxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Tom Paxton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump