# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-illsley
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:32:13.523Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-illsley"
name: "John Illsley"
slug: "john-illsley"
description: "John Edward Illsley is an English musician, best known as bassist of the rock band Dire Straits. He has received multiple BRIT and Grammy Awards, and a Heritage Award."
tagline: "English musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Illsley_1985.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-06-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             9.880952380952381
  historical:           19.90793466666667
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0992546"
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    url:       "https://johnillsley.com/"
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    title: "John Illsley"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Illsley"
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    title: "John Illsley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "John Illsley"
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    title: "John Illsley"
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    title: "Иллсли, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump