# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-bruford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:47:31.235Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-bruford"
name: "Bill Bruford"
slug: "bill-bruford"
description: "William Scott Bruford is an English drummer and percussionist. He is known for his work from the late-1960s to the 1990s, primarily as both a founding member of Yes and as a member of three forms of King Crimson."
tagline: "English drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill-bruford.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1949-05-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump