# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-thomson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:02:27.985Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-thomson"
name: "Paul Thomson"
slug: "paul-thomson"
description: "Paul Robert Thomson is a Scottish musician who was the drummer for the Glasgow-based band Franz Ferdinand from their formation in 2002 until October 2021. Currently, he serves as the drummer for garage pop-punk band Lung Leg."
tagline: "British drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FFS_(Franz_Ferdinand_%26_Sparks)_%40_Albert_Hall%2C_Manchester_25-8-2015_(20906203585).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: "1976-09-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.96
  momentum:             2.940397350993377
  historical:           9.512824
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/pabsdebussy"
    handle:    "pabsdebussy"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1643141/"
    handle:    "nm1643141"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thomson"
    title: "Paul Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thomson"
    title: "Paul Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thomson"
    title: "Paul Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thomson"
    title: "Paul Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thomson"
    title: "Paul Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thomson"
    title: "Paul Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thomson_(muzyk)"
    title: "Paul Thomson (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thomson"
    title: "Paul Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Thomson"
    title: "Paul Thomson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/72ee22fc-938b-45f8-8e9f-8870d7639805"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2653151"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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