# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-ward
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:00:10.881Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-ward"
name: "Bill Ward"
slug: "bill-ward"
description: "William Thomas Ward is an English drummer. He is the original drummer of Black Sabbath, co-founding the pioneering heavy metal band in 1969 alongside Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler. He has released three solo albums, the most recent being Accountable Beasts in 2015."
tagline: "English drummer (born 1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Black_Sabbath_(1970)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-05-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 1400
platforms:
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    handle:    "billwarddrummer"
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    handle:    "billwarddrums"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيل وارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیل وارد (موزیسین)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Ward"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ビル・ワード"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "빌 워드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ward"
    title: "Bill Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ward"
    title: "Bill Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ward"
    title: "Bill Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bill Ward"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump