# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gary-thain
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:17:00.598Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gary-thain"
name: "Gary Thain"
slug: "gary-thain"
description: "Gary Mervin Thain was a New Zealand bassist, best known for his work with British rock band Uriah Heep."
tagline: "New Zealand bassist (1948–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gary_Thain.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-05-15"
deathDate: "1975-12-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.50609733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.garythain.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Γκάρι Τέην"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Тэйн, Гэри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Thain"
    title: "Gary Thain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%96_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Гері Тейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q724243"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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