# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-howerdel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:05:41.098Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-howerdel"
name: "Billy Howerdel"
slug: "billy-howerdel"
description: "William L. Howerdel is an American musician, best known as a founding member, guitarist, backing vocalist, songwriter, and producer for the band A Perfect Circle. He has recorded six studio albums across his career: four with A Perfect Circle, one under the moniker Ashes Divide, and one under his own name."
tagline: "American musician (1970-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/20180602_N%C3%BCrnberg_Rock_im_Park_A_Perfect_Circle_0239.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: "1970-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.04697066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "billyhowerdel"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398111/"
    handle:    "nm0398111"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://billyhowerdel.com/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Billy Howerdel"
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    title: "بیلی هاوردل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Howerdel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Howerdel"
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    title: "Billy Howerdel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Howerdel"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Billy Howerdel"
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    title: "Billy Howerdel"
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    title: "Хауэрдел, Билли"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump