# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-hope
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:16:53.595Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-hope"
name: "Dave Hope"
slug: "dave-hope"
description: "Dave Hope is an American bass guitarist who played with the American progressive rock band Kansas from 1970 until the band's first split in 1983. When he was in high school, he played the tuba and trumpet in his high school band. In the 1970s, while he was in Kansas, he was known for his heavy drug use. However, in 1980, Hope became a born-again Christian and adopted a much cleaner lifestyle than before."
tagline: "American bass guitarist, songwriter, Anglican priest"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kansas_1976.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: "1949-10-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.42
  momentum:             1.449814126394052
  historical:           7.955946666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/472659"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A8"
    title: "ديف هوب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hope"
    title: "Dave Hope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hope"
    title: "Dave Hope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hope"
    title: "Dave Hope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hope"
    title: "Dave Hope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hope"
    title: "Dave Hope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Hope"
    title: "Dave Hope"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0acda0f2-09ab-49fc-b1c8-ad8e534134be"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q619587"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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