# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-weider
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:24:36.755Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-weider"
name: "John Weider"
slug: "john-weider"
description: "John Weider was an English rock musician who played guitar, bass guitar and violin. He is best remembered as the guitarist for the Animals from 1966 to 1968. He was also the bass player for Family from 1969 to 1971."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fanclub1967Animals5_(cropped).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: "1947-04-21"
deathDate: "2025"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.29
  momentum:             12.68181818181818
  historical:           7.507202666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0917756/"
    handle:    "nm0917756"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/366080"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "جون ويدير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Weider"
    title: "John Weider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Weider"
    title: "John Weider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Weider"
    title: "John Weider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Weider"
    title: "John Weider"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Вейдер, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c1f89672-36a4-4943-b6e0-275cd4838cc4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182708"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1120063"
    title: "John Weider"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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