# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-matthews
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:02:51.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-matthews"
name: "Ian Matthews"
slug: "ian-matthews"
description: "Ian Matthews is an English musician, best known as the drummer for the rock band Kasabian."
tagline: "English rock drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian_Matthews.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: "1971-06-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.915590666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.kasabian.co.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/303577"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AB%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%B2"
    title: "يان ماثيوز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Matthews_(buben%C3%ADk)"
    title: "Ian Matthews (bubeník)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Matthews_(drummer)"
    title: "Ian Matthews (drummer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Matthews"
    title: "Ian Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Matthews_(batterista)"
    title: "Ian Matthews (batterista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Matthews"
    title: "Ian Matthews"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8C%D1%8E%D1%81"
    title: "Ян Метьюс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eb1d8527-9833-4777-be41-b6e96c1ae2f1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3791484"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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