# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-shepherd
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:43:03.823Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-shepherd"
name: "Ben Shepherd"
slug: "ben-shepherd"
description: "Hunter Benedict Shepherd is an American musician best known as the bassist of rock band Soundgarden, with whom he has won two Grammy Awards."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BenShepherd.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: "1968-09-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.04
  momentum:             0.4105451050391323
  historical:           18.872952
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0791745/"
    handle:    "nm0791745"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "بين شفرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "بين شفرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "بین شفرد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Шеперд, Бен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%A8%D0%B5%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Бен Шеферд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Shepherd"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0bd73a25-9156-4c0a-aa17-90d06b9275ad"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q962323"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1379051"
    title: "Ben Shepherd"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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