# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-gould
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:01:56.581Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-gould"
name: "Billy Gould"
slug: "billy-gould"
description: "William David Gould is an American musician, best known as the bassist for the rock band Faith No More. Having started Faith No More in 1983, he and Mike Bordin are the only constant members of the band, having appeared on all of their studio albums."
tagline: "American bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Gould_from_Faith_No_More_-_cropped_2.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: "1963-04-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             17.30700844569566
  historical:           16.299016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "mrgould"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/_billy_gould_/"
    handle:    "_billy_gould_"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm1064232"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/00Y4ac2cCep3TD42DBjSjs"
    handle:    "00Y4ac2cCep3TD42DBjSjs"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيلي قاولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيلى جولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیلی قولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gould"
    title: "Billy Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gould"
    title: "Billy Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیلی گولد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gould"
    title: "Billy Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gould"
    title: "Bill Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Gould"
    title: "Billy Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Gould"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Гулд, Билли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/Billy_Gould"
    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump