# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-lancaster
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:57:25.344Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-lancaster"
name: "Alan Lancaster"
slug: "alan-lancaster"
description: "Alan Charles \"Nuff\" Lancaster was an English musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the rock band Status Quo, playing with the band from 1967 to 1985, with brief reunions in 2013 and 2014. As well as contributing to songwriting, he was also one of the lead vocalists on albums and live concerts, taking the lead on tracks such as \"Backwater\", \"Is There a Better Way\", \"Bye Bye Johnny\", \"High Flyer\" and \"Roadhouse Blues\"."
tagline: "British bassist and singer (1949–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan_Lancaster_2013.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-02-07"
deathDate: "2021-09-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.46
  momentum:             0.0463258785942492
  historical:           18.626404
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/alanclancaster"
    handle:    "alanclancaster"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0484105/"
    handle:    "nm0484105"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ألان لانكستر"
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    title: "الان لانكستر"
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    title: "Alan Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lancaster"
    title: "Alan Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lancaster"
    title: "Alan Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lancaster"
    title: "Alan Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lancaster"
    title: "Alan Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alan Lancaster"
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    title: "Alan Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lancaster"
    title: "Alan Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lancaster"
    title: "Alan Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lancaster"
    title: "Alan Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lancaster"
    title: "Alan Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lancaster"
    title: "Alan Lancaster"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ланкастер, Алан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Lancaster"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1277378"
    title: "Alan Lancaster"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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