# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-gilbert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:28:07.516Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-gilbert"
name: "Paul Gilbert"
slug: "paul-gilbert"
description: "Paul Brandon Gilbert is an American hard rock and heavy metal guitarist. He is the co-founder of the band Mr. Big, and was also a member of Racer X, with whom he released several albums. In 1996, Gilbert launched a solo career, for which he has released numerous solo albums, and featured in numerous collaborations and guest appearances on other musicians' albums."
tagline: "American guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mr._Big_-_Wacken_Open_Air_2024_04.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: "1966-11-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5022495388628792
  historical:           24.805228
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 217000
platforms:
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    handle:    "PaulGilbertRock"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/paulgilbert_official/"
    handle:    "paulgilbert_official"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "paulgilbertmusic"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEw6y7FdYf7HxUq_RHH6KPw"
    handle:    "@paulgilbertrock"
    followers: 217000
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بول غيلبرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Gilbert (Musiker)"
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    title: "Paul Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "פול גילברט"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gilbert"
    title: "Paul Gilbert"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "폴 길버트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gilbert"
    title: "Paul Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gilbert"
    title: "Paul Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Гилберт, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Gilbert"
    title: "Paul Gilbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q315092"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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