# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/cliff-townshend
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:03:08.560Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/cliff-townshend"
name: "Cliff Townshend"
slug: "cliff-townshend"
description: "Clifford Blandford Townshend was an English jazz musician who played saxophone in the Royal Air Force Dance Orchestra, popularly known as The Squadronaires. He also played clarinet in the band. His eldest son, Pete, gained renown as guitarist and principal composer for the band The Who."
tagline: "British musician (1916-1986)"
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: "1916-01-28"
deathDate: "1986-06-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.6
  momentum:             0.08726003490401396
  historical:           2.887474666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  53
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliff_Townshend"
    title: "Cliff Townshend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3c2295db-15cf-405b-98aa-d2cfb369b139"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1630527"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5132781"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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