# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/les-claypool
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:50:31.499Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/les-claypool"
name: "Les Claypool"
slug: "les-claypool"
description: "Leslie Edward Claypool is an American musician, best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, and primary songwriter of Primus. Ranked as one of the greatest bassists of all time by Rolling Stone, his unique playing style mixes tapping, flamenco-like strumming, whammy bar bends, and slapping and popping."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claypool_to_wiki.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1963-09-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6.783812695984661
  historical:           22.32447333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0165633/"
    handle:    "nm0165633"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.lesclaypool.com/"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Les Claypool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Les Claypool"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Les Claypool"
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    title: "Les Claypool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Les Claypool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Les Claypool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Les Claypool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Les Claypool"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Les Claypool"
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    title: "เลส เคลย์พูล"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Les Claypool"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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