# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/derek-forbes
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:25:49.019Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/derek-forbes"
name: "Derek Forbes"
slug: "derek-forbes"
description: "Derek Forbes is a Scottish musician. He is mostly associated with the Scottish band Simple Minds, having joined in time to record their early demos in 1978 and stayed with the band during their rise to mainstream success and their first six albums, until leaving shortly after their 1985 hit \"Don't You \". He has also played with Big Country, Propaganda, Oblivion Dust, Spear of Destiny, Kirk Brandon's 10:51 and The Alarm, as well as leading his own projects."
tagline: "Scottish bassist, vocalist, and occasional guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Derek_Forbes_CamGlen_Radio_7_Dec_2018.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: "1956-06-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.77
  momentum:             0.6218537163162572
  historical:           8.262465333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2284761/"
    handle:    "nm2284761"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/287983"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "ديريك فوربس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "ديريك فوربس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B3"
    title: "دیریک فوربس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Forbes"
    title: "Derek Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Forbes"
    title: "Derek Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Forbes"
    title: "Derek Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_Forbes"
    title: "Derek Forbes"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2d78ff99-55f6-4ba2-a090-f6a8811fbd9a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q746637"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5583241"
    title: "Derek Forbes"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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