# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/nik-turner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:45:20.069Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/nik-turner"
name: "Nik Turner"
slug: "nik-turner"
description: "Nicholas Robert Turner was an English musician best known as a member of space rock pioneers Hawkwind. Turner played saxophone and flute, as well as being a vocalist and composer. While with Hawkwind, Turner was known for his experimental free jazz stylisations and outrageous stage presence, often donning full makeup and Ancient Egypt-inspired costumes."
tagline: "English musician (1940–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nik_Turner_(2010)_2.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: "1940-08-28"
deathDate: "2022-11-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.9
  momentum:             1.392124237382141
  historical:           10.80727733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/NikTurnermusic"
    handle:    "NikTurnermusic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2679382/"
    handle:    "nm2679382"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.nikturner.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/152246"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "نيك تورنير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Turner"
    title: "Nik Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Turner"
    title: "Nik Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Turner"
    title: "Nik Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Turner"
    title: "Nik Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Turner"
    title: "Nik Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Turner"
    title: "Nik Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Turner"
    title: "Nik Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nik_Turner"
    title: "Nik Turner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%91%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Тёрнер, Ник"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/14fcc498-17c7-41b0-aaec-25f14d679bd5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2564640"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40877"
    title: "Nik Turner"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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