# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-cross
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:25:38.236Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-cross"
name: "Chris Cross"
slug: "chris-cross"
description: "Christopher Thomas Allen, known professionally as Chris Cross, was an English musician, best known as the bass guitarist in the new wave band Ultravox. After starting his music career with Stoned Rose, a band in Preston, Lancashire, he was one of the founding members of the band Tiger Lily in April 1974, before the band was renamed Ultravox! over two years later. The band's most successful single, \"Vienna\", was released in 1981."
tagline: "English bass guitarist (1952–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/090430--chris_cross.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-07-14"
deathDate: "2024-03-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.43
  momentum:             3.221216041397154
  historical:           12.60681466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/chris.cross.50999"
    handle:    "chris.cross.50999"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0189130/"
    handle:    "nm0189130"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "كريس كروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "كريس كروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%DA%A9%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "کریس کروس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cross_(Musiker)"
    title: "Chris Cross (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cross"
    title: "Chris Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cross"
    title: "Chris Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cross_(musicien)"
    title: "Chris Cross (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cross"
    title: "Chris Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cross"
    title: "Chris Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cross"
    title: "Chris Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81"
    title: "Крис Кросс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cross"
    title: "Chris Cross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2c4f088a-8535-4db9-89ee-73e1e97fb4c5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1440414"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2703443"
    title: "Chris Cross"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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