# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/les-binks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:20:42.552Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/les-binks"
name: "Les Binks"
slug: "les-binks"
description: "James Leslie Binks was a Northern Irish heavy metal drummer. He is best-known for being the drummer for Judas Priest, where he was a member from 1977 to 1979."
tagline: "Northern Irish drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Les_Binks_(cropped2).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1951-08-08"
deathDate: "2025-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ThePriesthood2018"
    handle:    "ThePriesthood2018"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5751353/"
    handle:    "nm5751353"
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    title: "Les Binks"
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    title: "Les Binks"
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    title: "Les Binks"
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    title: "Les Binks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Binks"
    title: "Les Binks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Binks"
    title: "Les Binks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Binks"
    title: "Les Binks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Binks"
    title: "Les Binks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Binks"
    title: "Les Binks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Les Binks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Les Binks"
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    title: "Les Binks"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump