# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chester-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:51:58.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chester-thompson"
name: "Chester Thompson"
slug: "chester-thompson"
description: "Chester Thompson is an American drummer best known for his tenures with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, Weather Report, Santana, Genesis, and Phil Collins. Thompson has performed with his jazz group, the Chester Thompson Trio, since 2011."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2157_-_Pittsburgh_-_Mellon_Arena_-_Genesis_-_Drum_Duet_(Chester_Thompson_crop).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: "1948-12-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           60.51
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.12853066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 248
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859969/"
    handle:    "nm0859969"
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    handle:    "5kZjp3xEnIL1bQJYyJRK3k"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.chesterthompson.com"
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    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe3Z6gtL2IfYi6UY_48uqIw"
    handle:    "The Chester Thompson Trio - Topic"
    followers: 248
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chester Thompson"
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    title: "Chester Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chester Thompson"
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    title: "Chester Thompson"
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    title: "Chester Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chester Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chester Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chester Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chester Thompson"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump