# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/waylon-payne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:28:08.969Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/waylon-payne"
name: "Waylon Payne"
slug: "waylon-payne"
description: "Waylon Malloy Payne is an American country singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He is the son of country singer Sammi Smith and guitarist Jody Payne, and was named after his godfather, Waylon Jennings."
tagline: "American musician and actor"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1972-04-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.7
  momentum:             3.632352941176471
  historical:           8.633449333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1679203/"
    handle:    "nm1679203"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/09471755-5555-4d97-9fc0-f5784f0bf4df"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "وايلون باين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "وايلون باين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%B5%DB%86%D9%86_%D9%BE%DB%8E%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "وایڵۆن پێین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Payne"
    title: "Waylon Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Payne"
    title: "Waylon Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Payne"
    title: "Waylon Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waylon_Payne"
    title: "Waylon Payne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9B%A8%EC%9D%B4%EB%A1%A0_%ED%8E%98%EC%9D%B8"
    title: "웨이론 페인"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%86_%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%92"
    title: "ویلن پینے"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1514026"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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