# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-giblin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:02:43.340Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-giblin"
name: "John Giblin"
slug: "john-giblin"
description: "John Giblin was a Scottish musician who worked as an acoustic and electric bass player spanning jazz, classical, rock, folk, and avant-garde music. He was a member of Brand X in 1979 and Simple Minds from 1985 to 1988. Giblin also worked as a session musician for a variety of artists including Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, Kate Bush and Elkie Brooks."
tagline: "British musician (1952–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2007-10-25_John_Giblin_IMG_8079.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: "1952-02-26"
deathDate: "2023-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.84806533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3035755/"
    handle:    "nm3035755"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.johngiblin.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جون جيبلين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Giblin"
    title: "John Giblin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Giblin"
    title: "John Giblin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Giblin"
    title: "John Giblin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Giblin"
    title: "John Giblin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ジョン・ギブリン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EA%B8%B0%EB%B8%94%EB%A6%B0"
    title: "존 기블린"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Giblin"
    title: "John Giblin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Giblin"
    title: "John Giblin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Giblin"
    title: "John Giblin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2bd348b8-1fce-41a9-a2fb-dbf45cba9df1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q924682"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5275231"
    title: "John Giblin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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