# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-kossoff
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:27:49.261Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-kossoff"
name: "Paul Kossoff"
slug: "paul-kossoff"
description: "Paul Francis Kossoff was an English guitarist, best known as the co-founder and guitarist of the rock band Free. In 2010, he was ranked number 51 in Rolling Stone's list of the \"100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time\"."
tagline: "British guitarist (1950–1976)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Kossoff_1970_(cropped).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: "1950-09-14"
deathDate: "1976-03-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.59
  momentum:             1.410930110352076
  historical:           20.54860933333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1323325/"
    handle:    "nm1323325"
sources:
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    title: "Paul Kossoff"
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    title: "Paul Kossoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Kossoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kossoff"
    title: "Paul Kossoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Kossoff"
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    title: "Paul Kossoff"
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    title: "Paul Kossoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kossoff"
    title: "Paul Kossoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ポール・コゾフ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Kossoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Kossoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kossoff"
    title: "Paul Kossoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kossoff"
    title: "Paul Kossoff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2282686"
    title: "Paul Kossoff"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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