# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mike-pinder
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:42:02.511Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mike-pinder"
name: "Mike Pinder"
slug: "mike-pinder"
description: "Michael Thomas Pinder was an English rock musician. He was a founding member and the original keyboard player of the rock group the Moody Blues. In 1978, he left the group following the recording of Octave, their ninth album. Pinder was renowned for his technological contributions, most notably in the emergence and development of the Mellotron in 1960s rock music. In 2018, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Moody Blues."
tagline: "British musician (1941–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mike_Pinder.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-12-27"
deathDate: "2024-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             8.58
  historical:           15.86366933333333
  currentAttention:     0.68
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "pinderbrothers"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/pinderbrothers/"
    handle:    "pinderbrothers"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/mikepinderfans"
    handle:    "mikepinderfans"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1660157/"
    handle:    "nm1660157"
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    handle:    "6WtbTdrePgFtJ26EC2K1IH"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mikepinder.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مایک پیندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Майк Піндэр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Pinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Pinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pinder"
    title: "Mike Pinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Pinder"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مایک پیندر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Pinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Pinder"
    title: "Michael Pinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Pinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Pinder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Пиндер, Майк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mike Pinder"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Mike Pinder"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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