# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-gibbard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:59:32.205Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-gibbard"
name: "Ben Gibbard"
slug: "ben-gibbard"
description: "Benjamin Gibbard is an American musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie, with whom he has recorded eleven studio albums, and as a member of the indie pop supergroup The Postal Service. Gibbard released his debut solo album, Former Lives (2012), and a collaborative studio album, One Fast Move or I'm Gone (2009), with Jay Farrar."
tagline: "American singer, songwriter and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ben_Gibbard_-_Death_Cab_for_Cutie_-_Palace_Theatre_St._Paul_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1976-08-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.825970945745627
  historical:           21.81933333333334
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  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump