# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:49:10.146Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-thompson"
name: "Chris Thompson"
slug: "chris-thompson"
description: "Christopher Algernon Thompson is an English singer, songwriter and guitarist known both for his work with Manfred Mann's Earth Band, specifically for his lead vocal on the classic hit \"Blinded by the Light\" and for his solo accomplishments. In his early career, he used the self-chosen middle name 'Hamlet' to distinguish himself from a folk singer of the same name, who also came from New Zealand."
tagline: "British singer and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chris_Thompson_2008.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: "1948-03-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.29
  momentum:             1.915492957746479
  historical:           9.635362666666667
  currentAttention:     13.16
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ChrisThompsonMusic"
    handle:    "ChrisThompsonMusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0859980/"
    handle:    "nm0859980"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.christhompson-central.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/114733"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "كريس تومسون (عازف جيتار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Thompson"
    title: "Chris Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Thompson"
    title: "Chris Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Thompson_(English_musician)"
    title: "Chris Thompson (English musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nds.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Thompson"
    title: "Chris Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Thompson_(Engels_zanger)"
    title: "Chris Thompson (Engels zanger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Thompson"
    title: "Chris Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Thompson_(musiker)"
    title: "Chris Thompson (musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%B1%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Томпсон, Крис (британский музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e5fcfcb6-45d2-438a-90f6-9fa9f7784697"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322288"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/183617"
    title: "Chris Thompson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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