# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-samson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:50:22.828Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-samson"
name: "Paul Samson"
slug: "paul-samson"
description: "Paul Samson was an English guitarist, closely associated with the new wave of British heavy metal."
tagline: "British musician (1953–2002)"
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: "1953-06-04"
deathDate: "2002-08-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.41
  momentum:             8.36359175662414
  historical:           8.173185333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/PaulSamsonArchive"
    handle:    "PaulSamsonArchive"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1282017/"
    handle:    "nm1282017"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.paulsamson.co.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/238644"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "پول سامسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Samson"
    title: "Paul Samson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Samson"
    title: "Paul Samson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Samson"
    title: "Paul Samson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Samson"
    title: "Paul Samson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Samson"
    title: "Paul Samson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Самсон, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/035830b5-4fa2-4d16-a7fc-d1954468c5ef"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2566425"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1909258"
    title: "Paul Samson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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