# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-leverty
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:54:04.766Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-leverty"
name: "Bill Leverty"
slug: "bill-leverty"
description: "William G. Leverty II is an American guitarist. He is a founding member of the hard rock band FireHouse and has been responsible for writing many of the band's hit songs. Throughout the 2000s, Leverty has also pursued a solo career, releasing five albums: Wanderlust, Southern Exposure, Deep South, Drive, and Divided We Fall. Following the death of founding member and vocalist CJ Snare, Leverty alongside drummer Michael Foster are the only original members still active in the band."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Leverty_live.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: "1967-01-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.98
  momentum:             1.504702194357367
  historical:           6.183157333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.leverty.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/712364"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%84%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%89"
    title: "بيل ليڤيرتى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Leverty"
    title: "Bill Leverty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Leverty"
    title: "Bill Leverty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Leverty"
    title: "Bill Leverty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B9%8C_%EB%A0%88%EB%B2%84%ED%8B%B0"
    title: "빌 레버티"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1efedb5a-2389-4b35-8506-bc01256a4fed"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2903276"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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