Jon Foreman

American musician and songwriter

Person human Q3028298

Facts

17 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[13]
Date of birth: October 22, 1976, 1976^[8]
Place of birth: San Bernardino County
Country of citizenship: United States^[9]
Occupation: guitarist, singer, singer-songwriter, composer, musician
Educated at: University of California, San Diego, San Dieguito High School Academy^[10]^[11]
Genre: alternative rock^[14]
Official website: www.jonforeman.com^[19]
Family name: Foreman^[17]
Given name: Jon^[18]
Instrument: guitar, voice^[20]^[21]
Member of: Switchfoot^[12]
P14750: E256-9725-77CA-A1AD-AF3E^[31]
Record label: lowercase people, Credential Recordings^[15]^[16]
Social media followers: 51k (38k–166k, n=8)^[23]^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]^[30]
Start of work period: 1996^[22]

🏷️ Also known as

en Jonathan Mark Foreman en Jon Foreman cs Jonathan Foreman cs Jon Foreman es Jonathan Mark Foreman fa جاون فورمن he ג'ון פורמן id Jonathan Mark Foreman sv Jonathan Mark Foreman zh 乔恩·福尔曼 zh-hant 喬恩·福爾曼

🔖 Identifiers · 37

ISNI: 0000000080251539
VIAF cluster ID: 121603685
Library of Congress authority ID: no2002011248
GND ID: 14155942X
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Jon Foreman, April 2008.jpg ↗
AZLyrics.com artist ID: j/jonforeman
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000073969
BabelNet ID: 00526019n
Billboard artist ID: jon-foreman
Deezer artist ID: 211408
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 14155942X
Discogs artist ID: 303990

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Europeana entity: agent/base/69863
Facebook username: jonforeman
Freebase ID: /m/04t4bz
IMDb ID: nm0286049
Instagram username: jonforeman
Kinobox person ID: 858661
MusicBrainz artist ID: 3bb29637-4184-490d-92f8-a9b45ffc5ebd
Myspace ID: jonforeman
NL CR AUT ID: osa2010571180
National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987014796083805171
Obálky knih ID: osa2010571180
Rate Your Music artist ID: jon-foreman
SNAC ARK ID: w6671hpn
Songfacts artist ID: jon-foreman
Songkick artist ID: 975986
Spotify artist ID: 5D3h9ZoobhetjXw3dKhcaq
TMDB person ID: 1099390
Threads username: jonforeman
Tidal artist ID: 3500005
Universal Music France artist ID: 30735643077
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJgH9VGvdh4r8rjP6pj6Kd
X (Twitter) username: jonforeman
Yale LUX ID: person/2d786531-36cd-47a4-8460-5fa53bfe322e
Yandex Music artist ID: 108642
YouTube channel ID: UCkjWEDHO2Vit6U2lnRDDb7Q

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Mb:performer of 8

Fall, Spring, Summer, The Wonderlands: Darkness, The Wonderlands: Dawn, The Wonderlands: Shadows, The Wonderlands: Sunlight, Winter

Mb:composer 4

Dare You to Move, Dare You to Move, Only Hope, Only Hope

Mb:lyricist 4

Dare You to Move, Dare You to Move, Only Hope, Only Hope

Mb:writer 4

Meant to Live, Meant to Live, On Fire, On Fire

Occupation 3

singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist

Instrument 2

guitar, voice

Mb:member of band 2

Switchfoot, Fiction Family

Belongs to 1

Switchfoot

Country of citizenship 1

United States

Educated at 1

University of California, San Diego

Genre 1

alternative rock

Given name 1

Jon

Instance of 1

human

Mb:collaboration 1

Fiction Family

Mb:sibling 1

Tim Foreman

Part of 1

Switchfoot

Place of birth 1

San Bernardino County

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Jon Foreman was born on October 22, 1976^[1], in San Bernardino County^[2]. He has worked as a guitarist^[3], singer^[4], singer-songwriter^[5], composer^[6], and musician^[7].

FAQs

Where was Jon Foreman born?

Jon Foreman's place of birth was San Bernardino County^[2].

What did Jon Foreman do for work?

Jon Foreman worked as a guitarist^[3], singer^[4], singer-songwriter^[5], composer^[6], and musician^[7].

Where did Jon Foreman go to school?

Jon Foreman was educated at University of California, San Diego^[10] and San Dieguito High School Academy^[11].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Jon Foreman — place of birth (P19): San Bernardino County. Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Jon Foreman — sex or gender (P21): male. Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved 2018-11-04. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Jon Foreman — country of citizenship (P27): United States. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Jon Foreman — educated at (P69): University of California, San Diego. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Jon Foreman — educated at (P69): San Dieguito High School Academy. Retrieved 2021-03-04. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Jon Foreman — occupation (P106): guitarist. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Jon Foreman — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Jon Foreman — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Jon Foreman — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Jon Foreman — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Jon Foreman — genre (P136): alternative rock. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Jon Foreman — record label (P264): lowercase people. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Jon Foreman — record label (P264): Credential Recordings. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Jon Foreman — member of (P463): Switchfoot. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Jon Foreman — date of birth (P569): October 22, 1976. SNAC. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Jon Foreman — date of birth (P569): 1976. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Jon Foreman — family name (P734): Foreman. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Jon Foreman — given name (P735): Jon. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Jon Foreman — official website (P856): http://www.jonforeman.com. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Jon Foreman — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Jon Foreman — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Jon Foreman — start of work period (P2031): 1996. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Jon Foreman — social media followers (P8687): 150,136. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Jon Foreman — social media followers (P8687): 166,416. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Jon Foreman — social media followers (P8687): 38,500. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Jon Foreman — social media followers (P8687): 144,119. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Jon Foreman — social media followers (P8687): 141,064. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Jon Foreman — social media followers (P8687): 44,000. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Jon Foreman — social media followers (P8687): 46,800. YouTube API. Retrieved 2024-04-01. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Jon Foreman — social media followers (P8687): 51,000. YouTube API. Retrieved 2025-04-14. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Jon Foreman — P14750 (P14750): E256-9725-77CA-A1AD-AF3E. wikidata.org.

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2d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Tidal artist ID → 3500005

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12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Part of → —

Member of → Switchfoot

P14750 → E256-9725-77CA-A1AD-AF3E

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16w ago · Geagea · 2026-07-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

National Library of Israel J9U ID → 987014796083805171

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24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Educated at → University of California, San Diego, San Dieguito High School Academy

Place of birth → San Bernardino County

Part of → —

Work period start → —

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