# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howie-epstein
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:19:33.019Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/howie-epstein"
name: "Howie Epstein"
slug: "howie-epstein"
description: "Howard Norman Epstein was an American musician best known as a bassist with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers."
tagline: "American musician (1955–2003)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/68/Howie_Epstein.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: "1955-07-21"
deathDate: "2003-02-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.95
  momentum:             1.624454148471616
  historical:           8.320677333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0258466/"
    handle:    "nm0258466"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/260570"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D9%8A_%D8%A5%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "هوي إبستاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D9%89_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "هوى ابستاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_Epstein"
    title: "Howie Epstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_Epstein"
    title: "Howie Epstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_Epstein"
    title: "Howie Epstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_Epstein"
    title: "Howie Epstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_Epstein"
    title: "Howie Epstein"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf1a5f71-c97e-4745-a08e-85890832aaf0"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5922005"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1147031"
    title: "Howie Epstein"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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