# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-sheff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:39:01.975Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-sheff"
name: "Will Sheff"
slug: "will-sheff"
description: "Will Robinson Sheff is the frontman for the Austin, Texas-based indie band Okkervil River (1998–present). Originally from Meriden, New Hampshire, he is also a founding member and co-songwriter for Shearwater (2001–2009), another Austin band. Sheff writes and performs many songs as a solo artist while juggling his commitments to Okkervil River and Shearwater, and has released one album as a solo artist. As well as writing and singing songs, he plays guitar, piano, banjo, and harmonica."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Will_Sheff_on_stage_(cropped).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: "1976-07-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.3
  momentum:             1.061946902654867
  historical:           7.900326666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/539809"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%81"
    title: "ويل شيف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Sheff"
    title: "Will Sheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Sheff"
    title: "Will Sheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Sheff"
    title: "Will Sheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%84%D1%84%2C_%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB"
    title: "Шефф, Уилл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Sheff"
    title: "Will Sheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Sheff"
    title: "Will Sheff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6f3f6cd4-edbe-4003-8b22-055e4ff8b927"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1851625"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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