# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/waylon-jennings
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:33:49.349Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/waylon-jennings"
name: "Waylon Jennings"
slug: "waylon-jennings"
description: "Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He is considered one of the pioneers of the outlaw movement in country music."
tagline: "American country musician (1937–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Waylon_Jennings_in_1976.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
  name: "Musicians"
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profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1937-06-15"
deathDate: "2002-02-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump