# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-bairnson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:18:08.024Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-bairnson"
name: "Ian Bairnson"
slug: "ian-bairnson"
description: "John \"Ian\" Bairnson was a Scottish musician and member of Pilot and the Alan Parsons Project. He was a multi-instrumentalist, who played saxophone and keyboards, but mainly performed as a guitarist, which he played with a sixpence. In addition to his work with Parsons, Bairnson played guitar on four Kate Bush albums, including the guitar solo on her 1978 debut single, \"Wuthering Heights\"."
tagline: "Scottish musician, guitarist (1953–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IanBairnson1982.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: "1953-08-03"
deathDate: "2023-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.01408666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047940/"
    handle:    "nm0047940"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ianbairnson.com/"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ايان بايرنسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian Bairnson"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bairnson"
    title: "Ian Bairnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bairnson"
    title: "Ian Bairnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian Bairnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bairnson"
    title: "Ian Bairnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian Bairnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bairnson"
    title: "Ian Bairnson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian Bairnson"
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    title: "Ian Bairnson"
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  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Bairnson"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump