# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-white
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:58:47.875Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-white"
name: "Fred White"
slug: "fred-white"
description: "Earth, Wind & Fire is an American band formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1969. Their music spans multiple genres, including jazz, R&B, soul, funk, disco, pop, Latin and Afro-pop. They are among the best-selling bands ever, with sales of over 90 million records worldwide."
tagline: "American drummer (1955–2023)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Earth%2C_Wind_%26_Fire_%282%29.jpg/330px-Earth%2C_Wind_%26_Fire_%282%29.jpg"
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: "1955-01-13"
deathDate: "2023-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.89
  momentum:             10
  historical:           7.868822666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0924802/"
    handle:    "nm0924802"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/299677"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_White_(Musiker)"
    title: "Fred White (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_White_(musician)"
    title: "Fred White (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_White"
    title: "Fred White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_White"
    title: "Fred White"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_White_(m%C3%BCzisyen)"
    title: "Fred White (müzisyen)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%88_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%B9"
    title: "فریڈ وائٹ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/19eda81c-364b-4201-a6e7-1991a4028317"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q39069565"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1010083"
    title: "Fred White"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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