# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:20:14.338Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-thompson"
name: "Barbara Thompson"
slug: "barbara-thompson"
description: "Barbara Gracey Thompson MBE was an English jazz saxophonist, flautist and composer. She studied clarinet, flute, piano and classical composition at the Royal College of Music, but the music of Duke Ellington and John Coltrane made her shift her interests to jazz and saxophone. She was married to drummer Jon Hiseman of Colosseum from 1967 until his death in 2018."
tagline: "English jazz saxophonist, flutist and composer (1944–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2010-11-01_Colosseum%2C_Brueckenforum%2C_Bonn_IMG_6440_Barbara_Thompson.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1944-07-27"
deathDate: "2022-07-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.94
  momentum:             9.417040358744396
  historical:           18.076896
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859875/"
    handle:    "nm0859875"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.temple-music.com/gallery/barbara-thompson"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/281211"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بربارة طومسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "باربرا تومسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "باربرا تومسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson"
    title: "Barbara Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson"
    title: "Barbara Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson_(Musikerin)"
    title: "Barbara Thompson (Musikerin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson_(musician)"
    title: "Barbara Thompson (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "باربارا تامپسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson"
    title: "Barbara Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson"
    title: "Barbara Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1_%D4%B9%D5%B8%D5%B4%D6%83%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6"
    title: "Բարբարա Թոմփսոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson"
    title: "Barbara Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "バーバラ・トンプソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson"
    title: "Barbara Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson"
    title: "Barbara Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson"
    title: "Barbara Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson_(instrumentista)"
    title: "Barbara Thompson (instrumentista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Томпсон, Барбара (музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson"
    title: "Barbara Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Thompson_(musigan)"
    title: "Barbara Thompson (musigan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9712a435-209f-41ce-8c94-c098c35d5fa9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q276678"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3857019"
    title: "Barbara Thompson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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