# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leslie-west
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:58:45.425Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leslie-west"
name: "Leslie West"
slug: "leslie-west"
description: "Leslie Abel West was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was the co-founder, guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the rock band Mountain. West was named the 245th greatest guitarist of all time by Rolling Stone in 2023."
tagline: "American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (1945–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leslie_west-2.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: "1945-10-22"
deathDate: "2020-12-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.25
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.60205333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/lwestmountain"
    handle:    "lwestmountain"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0922202/"
    handle:    "nm0922202"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ks4E3VJXDIRABtxz2IiBE"
    handle:    "0ks4E3VJXDIRABtxz2IiBE"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ليزلى ويست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لزلی وست"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "レスリー・ウェスト"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "레슬리 웨스트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_West_(muzyk)"
    title: "Leslie West (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уэст, Лесли"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leslie West"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1344554"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"

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