# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-weinman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:54:10.485Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-weinman"
name: "Ben Weinman"
slug: "ben-weinman"
description: "Benjamin A. Weinman is an American musician, most-notable for being the lead-guitarist and primary songwriter of the mathcore band the Dillinger Escape Plan (DEP). He is the founder and sole constant member of the DEP, he is currently playing rhythm guitar with the crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies and lead guitar in the progressive rock supergroup Giraffe Tongue Orchestra."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Dillinger_Escape_Plan-25.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: "1975-08-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.59
  momentum:             4.730878186968837
  historical:           7.823986666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/dillingerescpln"
    handle:    "dillingerescpln"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/benweinman/"
    handle:    "benweinman"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/benjamin.weinman.1"
    handle:    "benjamin.weinman.1"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2914250/"
    handle:    "nm2914250"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/268635"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بين وينمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weinman"
    title: "Ben Weinman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weinman"
    title: "Ben Weinman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "بن واینمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weinman"
    title: "Ben Weinman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Weinman"
    title: "Ben Weinman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7593a11b-e2bd-40f9-aaf0-6cbe4740d87c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3068012"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1367359"
    title: "Ben Weinman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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