# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-wilton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:59:58.496Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-wilton"
name: "Michael Wilton"
slug: "michael-wilton"
description: "Michael F. Wilton also known as The Whip, for how fast his fingers \"whip\" around the guitar fretboard, is an American musician, best known for being a guitarist and songwriter in the progressive metal band Queensrÿche, which he co-founded in 1982."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Wilton.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: "1962-02-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.35
  momentum:             3.6
  historical:           9.784026666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/MikeoftheRyche"
    handle:    "MikeoftheRyche"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mikeoftheryche/"
    handle:    "mikeoftheryche"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/michaelwiltonofqueensryche"
    handle:    "michaelwiltonofqueensryche"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1340641/"
    handle:    "nm1340641"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.michaelwilton.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/370181"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل ويلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل ويلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wilton"
    title: "Michael Wilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wilton"
    title: "Michael Wilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wilton"
    title: "Michael Wilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wilton"
    title: "Michael Wilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wilton"
    title: "Michael Wilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wilton"
    title: "Michael Wilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Wilton"
    title: "Michael Wilton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/86123f2e-e7aa-4296-91f2-b13125b72fd1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220483"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1618532"
    title: "Michael Wilton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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