# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-horvitz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:05:03.159Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-horvitz"
name: "Wayne Horvitz"
slug: "wayne-horvitz"
description: "Wayne Horvitz is an American composer, keyboardist and record producer. He came to prominence in the Downtown scene of 1980s and '90s New York City, where he met his future wife, the singer, songwriter and pianist Robin Holcomb. He is noted for working with John Zorn's Naked City among others. Horvitz has since relocated to the Seattle, Washington area where he has several ongoing groups and has worked as an adjunct professor of composition at Cornish College of the Arts."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/OK_Hotel_Reunion_-_Wayne_Horvitz_10_(25175155539).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: "1955-09-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.37
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.889238666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/waynehorvitz/"
    handle:    "waynehorvitz"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395778/"
    handle:    "nm0395778"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.waynehorvitz.net"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%B1%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B2"
    title: "واين هورڤيتز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Horvitz"
    title: "Wayne Horvitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Horvitz"
    title: "Wayne Horvitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Horvitz"
    title: "Wayne Horvitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Horvitz"
    title: "Wayne Horvitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Horvitz"
    title: "Wayne Horvitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Horvitz"
    title: "Wayne Horvitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%84"
    title: "ウェイン・ホーヴィッツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Horvitz"
    title: "Wayne Horvitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1c91fc05-2a4e-4ac9-a54f-a3cd17ab0b5d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2553084"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2083567"
    title: "Wayne Horvitz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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