# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/henry-padovani
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:22:20.220Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/henry-padovani"
name: "Henry Padovani"
slug: "henry-padovani"
description: "Henry Padovani is a French musician noted for being the original guitarist of English rock band the Police. He was a member of the band from January 1977 to August 1977 and was replaced by Andy Summers, who had originally been part of the band as a second guitarist. Following his departure from the band, Padovani was handed the rhythm guitar spot with Wayne County & the Electric Chairs, before forming his own band, the Flying Padovanis."
tagline: "French musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Henry_Padovani_le_4_octobre_2016_au_cin%C3%A9ma_Le_Luminor_lors_de_la_pr%C3%A9sentation_du_film_%22Rock'n'Roll..._Of_Corse!%22.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1952-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.23512666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1487789/"
    handle:    "nm1487789"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.henrypadovani.com/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Henry Padovani"
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    title: "Henry Padovani"
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    title: "Henry Padovani"
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    title: "Henry Padovani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Padovani"
    title: "Henry Padovani"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Padovani"
    title: "Henry Padovani"
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    title: "Henry Padovani"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Henry Padovani"
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    title: "Henry Padovani"
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    title: "Henry Padovani"
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    title: "Henry Padovani"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump