# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-rostill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:26:35.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-rostill"
name: "John Rostill"
slug: "john-rostill"
description: "John Henry Rostill was an English musician, bassist and composer, recruited by the Shadows to replace Brian Locking in autumn 1963."
tagline: "English bass guitarist (1942–1973)"
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: "1942-06-16"
deathDate: "1973-11-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.18
  momentum:             3.664055700609226
  historical:           10.38985333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744588/"
    handle:    "nm0744588"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/655618"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "چوهن روستيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rostill"
    title: "John Rostill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rostill"
    title: "John Rostill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rostill"
    title: "John Rostill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rostill"
    title: "John Rostill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rostill"
    title: "John Rostill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rostill"
    title: "John Rostill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rostill"
    title: "John Rostill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rostill"
    title: "John Rostill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rostill"
    title: "John Rostill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/22c9446f-c781-4b2b-a564-a49a0f8a86a3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1073687"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43795"
    title: "John Rostill"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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