# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-clark-q453820
# Generated: 2026-08-15T05:36:42.887Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-clark-q453820"
name: "Mike Clark"
slug: "mike-clark-q453820"
description: "Michael Jeffrey Clark is an American drummer. He gained worldwide recognition as one of America's foremost jazz and funk drummers while playing with Herbie Hancock in the early 1970s. His incisive playing on Hancock's song \"Actual Proof\", on the 1974 album Thrust, garnered him an international cult following and influenced generations of drummers throughout the world."
tagline: "American jazz musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Clark_performs_at_the_Percussive_Arts_Society_International_Convention_1.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: "1946-10-03"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.33
  momentum:             5.167946257197697
  historical:           7.714186666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/mikeclarkdrums"
    handle:    "mikeclarkdrums"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/272080"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2)"
    title: "مايك كلارك (عازف جاز)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%81_%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "مايك كلارك (عازف جاز من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Clark"
    title: "Mike Clark"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Clark_(Schlagzeuger)"
    title: "Mike Clark (Schlagzeuger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Clark_(drummer)"
    title: "Mike Clark (drummer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Clark_(batterista)"
    title: "Mike Clark (batterista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Clark_(drummer)"
    title: "Mike Clark (drummer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dbfb1ec5-0a5a-412e-b435-b82aba023239"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q453820"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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