# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lee-rauch
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:49:23.281Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lee-rauch"
name: "Lee Rauch"
slug: "lee-rauch"
description: "William Lee Rauch was an American drummer who played in several thrash metal bands based in California from 1983 to 1987, most notably playing Megadeth's first live shows."
tagline: "American drummer (1964–2023)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2c/WilliamLeeRauch.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-09-10"
deathDate: "2023-06-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.1
  momentum:             9.37071581771094
  historical:           6.432868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/7037334"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B4"
    title: "لى راوش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Rausch"
    title: "Lee Rausch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Rausch"
    title: "Lee Rausch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Rauch"
    title: "Lee Rauch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Rausch"
    title: "Lee Rausch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Rausch"
    title: "Lee Rausch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1ea39f48-662f-49a9-b21a-3faff0d743f4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12324128"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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