# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-ferguson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:49:45.320Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-ferguson"
name: "Paul Ferguson"
slug: "paul-ferguson"
description: "Matthew Paul Ferguson is an English rock drummer, best known for his work in the post-punk and industrial group Killing Joke and cult English punk band Pink Parts. Following a stint as the drummer with the London-based Matt Stagger Band in 1978, Ferguson became a founding member of Killing Joke and served as their drummer from 1979 to 1987. He was known as Big Paul Ferguson during this period. Ferguson is known for his tribal drum style."
tagline: "English rock drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Ferguson_-_Ilosaarirock_2009.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: "1958-03-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.09
  momentum:             2.096847156275027
  historical:           7.073584
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BigPaulFerguson"
    handle:    "BigPaulFerguson"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm13885565/"
    handle:    "nm13885565"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/79650"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%BA%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "باول فيرغسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "پاول فیرقسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ferguson"
    title: "Paul Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ferguson"
    title: "Paul Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ferguson"
    title: "Paul Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ferguson"
    title: "Paul Ferguson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/beffec12-3c55-4a31-a666-2726c1f173c1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3371210"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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