# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-hillman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:53:20.928Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-hillman"
name: "Chris Hillman"
slug: "chris-hillman"
description: "Christopher Hillman is an American musician. He was the original bassist of the Byrds. With frequent collaborator Gram Parsons, Hillman was a key figure in the development of country rock, defining the genre through his work with the Byrds, the Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas and the country-rock group the Desert Rose Band. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 as a member of the Byrds."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ChrisHillman.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: "1944-12-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.12774933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "70FybmH2MMz9fHewhnLvjs"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.chrishillman.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hillman"
    title: "Chris Hillman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Hillman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Hillman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hillman"
    title: "Chris Hillman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Hillman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Hillman"
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    title: "Chris Hillman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Hillman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Hillman"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Hillman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump