# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-chapman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:26:36.141Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-chapman"
name: "Paul Chapman"
slug: "paul-chapman"
description: "Paul William Chapman was a Welsh rock guitarist best known for his work in bands such as UFO and Lone Star. He was well known by his nickname \"Tonka\", allegedly acquired because of his indestructible qualities."
tagline: "British musician (1954–2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Chapman_playing_a_gig_with_Dave_Currey_and_Blake_Foster.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: "1954-06-09"
deathDate: "2020-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.49
  momentum:             15.49167327517843
  historical:           9.095256
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/paultonkachapman"
    handle:    "paultonkachapman"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/441314"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بول شابمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "بول شابمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chapman"
    title: "Paul Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chapman_(musician)"
    title: "Paul Chapman (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chapman"
    title: "Paul Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chapman"
    title: "Paul Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chapman"
    title: "Paul Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chapman_(musician)"
    title: "Paul Chapman (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Chapman"
    title: "Paul Chapman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a8e94ea9-194d-4684-a8c8-ef03c20a2229"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3497115"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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