# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-hinch
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:09:25.906Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-hinch"
name: "John Hinch"
slug: "john-hinch"
description: "John Frederick Hinch was an English drummer from Lichfield, Staffordshire. From 1973 to 1975, he was the drummer in an early line-up of heavy metal band Judas Priest. Hinch was a jazz-rock styled drummer with a very compact style."
tagline: "British musician (1947-2021)"
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: "1947-06-19"
deathDate: "2021-04-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.75
  momentum:             0.2371312897628687
  historical:           9.930386666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/571249"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinch"
    title: "John Hinch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinch_(musician)"
    title: "John Hinch (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinch"
    title: "John Hinch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinch"
    title: "John Hinch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinch"
    title: "John Hinch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinch"
    title: "John Hinch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinch"
    title: "John Hinch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%92%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81"
    title: "ジョン・ヒンチ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinch"
    title: "John Hinch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hinch_(baterist)"
    title: "John Hinch (baterist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/71b5852c-a359-4ca6-bcb1-219a2b3e68ea"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370732"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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