# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/judge-smith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:50:57.305Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/judge-smith"
name: "Judge Smith"
slug: "judge-smith"
description: "Christopher John Judge Smith is an English songwriter, author, composer and performer, and a founder member of progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Initially working under the name Chris Judge Smith, he has been known simply as Judge Smith since 1994. After Van der Graaf Generator, he has written songs, stage musicals and operas, and from the early 1990s on he has released a number of solo CDs, including three \"Songstories\"."
tagline: "English songwriter, composer, performer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Judge_Smith.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: "1948"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.18
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.153781333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.judge-smith.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/405626"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/81e84159-2d98-4165-87a0-51739438fcc3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "جادج سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AB"
    title: "جادج سميث"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Smith"
    title: "Judge Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Smith"
    title: "Judge Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Smith"
    title: "Judge Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Smith"
    title: "Judge Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_Smith"
    title: "Judge Smith"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Judge_Smith"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2663698"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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