# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hilton-valentine
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:36:17.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hilton-valentine"
name: "Hilton Valentine"
slug: "hilton-valentine"
description: "Hilton Stewart Paterson Valentine was an English skiffle and rock and roll musician who was the original guitarist in the Animals. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1994 and into Hollywood’s Rock Walk of Fame in 2001 with the other members of the Animals."
tagline: "British guitarist (1943–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hilton_Valentine.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: "1943-05-21"
deathDate: "2021-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.21143333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "HiltonValentine"
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    handle:    "HiltonValentine"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm0884234"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.hiltonvalentine.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Hilton Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hilton Valentine"
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    title: "Hilton Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Hilton Valentine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump