# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-dreja
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:33:42.979Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-dreja"
name: "Chris Dreja"
slug: "chris-dreja"
description: "Christopher Walenty Dreja was an English musician and photographer. He was best known as the rhythm guitarist and bassist for the rock band The Yardbirds. He left the music business in the late 1960s after The Yardbirds folded and became a professional photographer. In 1992, he and the rest of The Yardbirds were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In later life he would play Yardbirds concerts until a series of strokes forced him to retire from live touring around 2011."
tagline: "English guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Dreja_maracas.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: "1945-11-11"
deathDate: "2025-09-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.58
  momentum:             7.47841238279846
  historical:           17.47262266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0237446/"
    handle:    "nm0237446"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.chrisdreja.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/594542"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%B1%D9%8A%DA%86%D8%A7"
    title: "كريس دريچا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7"
    title: "کریس دریا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%89%E3%83%AC%E3%83%A4"
    title: "クリス・ドレヤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4_%EB%93%9C%EB%A0%88%EC%95%BC"
    title: "크리스 드레야"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%8F%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Дрея, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Dreja"
    title: "Chris Dreja"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%8B%E9%87%8C%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E5%BE%B7%E9%9B%B7%E5%8A%A0"
    title: "克里斯·德雷加"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/97cc1c6b-d6e2-4fb8-875c-78da893773d1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2330684"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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