# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kirk-hammett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:15:15.694Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kirk-hammett"
name: "Kirk Hammett"
slug: "kirk-hammett"
description: "Kirk Lee Hammett is an American musician. Hammett has been the lead guitarist of heavy metal band Metallica since 1983; prior to joining Metallica, he co-formed thrash metal band Exodus in 1979. In 2023, Hammett and Metallica bandmate James Hetfield were co-ranked 23rd on Rolling Stone's list of Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 15 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kirk_Hammett_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1962-11-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  historical:           28.07338
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  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
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ranks:
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  country:  250
  category: 227
totalFollowers: 59400
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump