# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-simonon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:16:10.167Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-simonon"
name: "Paul Simonon"
slug: "paul-simonon"
description: "Paul Gustave Simonon is an English musician and artist best known as the bassist for the Clash. More recent work includes his involvement in the supergroup the Good, the Bad & the Queen and playing on the Gorillaz album Plastic Beach in 2010, which saw Simonon reunite with the Clash guitarist Mick Jones and Blur frontman Damon Albarn – and which also led to Simonon becoming the live band's touring bassist for Gorillaz's Escape to Plastic Beach Tour. Simonon is also an established visual artist."
tagline: "English musician (Bass guitarist, vocalist, songwriter) and visual artist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Simonon_mg_6701c.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: "1955-12-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.85
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.528856
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800650/"
    handle:    "nm0800650"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "پول سيمونون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simonon"
    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simonon"
    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simonon"
    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simonon"
    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simonon"
    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ポール・シムノン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "პოლ სიმონონი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "폴 사이모넌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simonon"
    title: "Paul Simonon"
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    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Симонон, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Пол Симонон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Simonon"
    title: "Paul Simonon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Simonon"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Paul_Simonon"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q449804"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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