# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-lachman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:28:10.525Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-lachman"
name: "Gary Lachman"
slug: "gary-lachman"
description: "Gary Joseph Lachman, also known as Gary Valentine, is an American writer and musician. He came to prominence in the mid-1970s as the bass guitarist for rock band Blondie. Since the 1990s, Lachman has written full-time, often about mysticism and occultism. He has written several books on consciousness, culture, and the western esoteric tradition and has written for journals in the US and UK."
tagline: "American writer and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Blondie_(Gary_Valentine_Lachman).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1955-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "GaryLachman"
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    handle:    "gary.lachman.3"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm2200709"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.gary-lachman.com/"
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    title: "جارى لاتشمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Lachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lachman"
    title: "Gary Lachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lachman"
    title: "Gary Lachman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Lachman"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Lachman"
    title: "Gary Lachman"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump