# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/danny-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:47:09.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/danny-thompson"
name: "Danny Thompson"
slug: "danny-thompson"
description: "Daniel Henry Edward Thompson was an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as a double bassist. During a long musical career he played with a large variety of other musicians, particularly Richard Thompson and John Martyn. The Times said he had \"a technical virtuosity and an intuitive feel for whatever he was playing\"."
tagline: "English double bassist (1939–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Danny_Thompson.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: "1939-04-04"
deathDate: "2025-09-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.03
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.96962666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/therealdannyt"
    handle:    "therealdannyt"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1171288/"
    handle:    "nm1171288"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.therealdannythompson.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "داني طومسون (عازف باس)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Thompson"
    title: "Danny Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Thompson_(Musiker)"
    title: "Danny Thompson (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Thompson"
    title: "Danny Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%BE%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دنی تامپسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Thompson"
    title: "Danny Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Thompson"
    title: "Danny Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3%E3%83%97%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ダニー・トンプソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EB%8B%88_%ED%86%B0%ED%94%84%EC%8A%A8"
    title: "대니 톰프슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Thompson"
    title: "Danny Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Thompson"
    title: "Danny Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Thompson"
    title: "Danny Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B8"
    title: "Томпсон, Дэнни"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Danny Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Thompson_(musigan)"
    title: "Danny Thompson (musigan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0cd5e16e-a6ab-43af-8d75-158b3b561f6e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1164775"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Danny Thompson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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