# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernard-edwards
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:06:34.717Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernard-edwards"
name: "Bernard Edwards"
slug: "bernard-edwards"
description: "Bernard Edwards was an American bassist known primarily for his work in disco with guitarist Nile Rodgers, with whom he co-founded Chic. In 2017, Edwards was selected as the 53rd greatest bassist of all time by Bass Player magazine."
tagline: "American bassist and record producer (1952–1996)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/27/Bernard_edwards_bassist.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
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: "1952-10-31"
deathDate: "1996-04-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.32
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.088772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0249821/"
    handle:    "nm0249821"
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    title: "Bernard Edwards"
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    title: "Bernard Edwards"
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    title: "Bernard Edwards"
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    title: "伯纳德·爱德华兹"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump