# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernie-marsden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:52:46.066Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernie-marsden"
name: "Bernie Marsden"
slug: "bernie-marsden"
description: "Bernard John Marsden was an English rock and blues guitarist. He is primarily known for his work with Whitesnake, having written or co-written with David Coverdale many of the group's hit songs, such as \"Fool for Your Loving\", \"Walking in the Shadow of the Blues\", \"Ready an' Willing\", \"Lovehunter\", \"Trouble\", and \"Here I Go Again\"."
tagline: "British guitarist (1951–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/BMwiki_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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: "1951-05-07"
deathDate: "2023-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.55768533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/Bernie_Marsden"
    handle:    "Bernie_Marsden"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0550428/"
    handle:    "nm0550428"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.berniemarsden.com/bjm/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيرنى مارسدين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bernie Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden"
    title: "Bernie Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden"
    title: "Bernie Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden"
    title: "Bernie Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden"
    title: "Bernie Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden"
    title: "Bernie Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden"
    title: "Bernie Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden"
    title: "Bernie Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3"
    title: "バーニー・マースデン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%84%EB%8B%88_%EB%A7%88%EC%A6%88%EB%93%A0"
    title: "버니 마즈든"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden"
    title: "Bernie Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden"
    title: "Bernie Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden"
    title: "Bernie Marsden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%2C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Марсден, Берни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bernie_Marsden"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8b57275b-4eed-4cc8-bee1-45560350f35b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1797082"
    title: "Bernie Marsden"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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