# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-wertico
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:10:19.291Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-wertico"
name: "Paul Wertico"
slug: "paul-wertico"
description: "Paul Wertico is an American drummer. He gained recognition as a member of the Pat Metheny Group from 1983 until 2001, leaving the group to spend more time with his family and to pursue other musical interests."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/87/Paul_Wertico_2.jpg/330px-Paul_Wertico_2.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1953-01-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.46
  momentum:             0.8489722966934764
  historical:           10.77703733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.paulwertico.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88"
    title: "بول ويرتيكو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wertico"
    title: "Paul Wertico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wertico"
    title: "Paul Wertico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wertico"
    title: "Paul Wertico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wertico"
    title: "Paul Wertico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wertico"
    title: "Paul Wertico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%B3"
    title: "ポール・ワーティコ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%8F%B4_%EC%9B%8C%ED%8B%B0%EC%BD%94"
    title: "폴 워티코"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wertico"
    title: "Paul Wertico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wertico"
    title: "Paul Wertico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wertico"
    title: "Paul Wertico"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3107647b-7bc5-4b33-aa07-2570e631b74a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2037163"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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