# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-wickens
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:41:35.668Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-wickens"
name: "Paul Wickens"
slug: "paul-wickens"
description: "Paul \"Wix\" Wickens is an English musician best known as keyboardist and musical director of Paul McCartney's touring band since 1989. In a career that started in 1973, Wickens has also worked with artists including Nik Kershaw, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Bon Jovi, Edie Brickell, Kevin Coyne, David Gilmour and many others."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Wix_Wickens.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: "1956-03-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.08
  momentum:             10
  historical:           6.791664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926860/"
    handle:    "nm0926860"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/202539"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "پول ويكينس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wix_Wickens"
    title: "Wix Wickens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wickens"
    title: "Paul Wickens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wickens"
    title: "Paul Wickens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Wickens"
    title: "Paul Wickens"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d6a76a52-7295-4afc-9490-6b3185e4c279"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3372427"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/230192"
    title: "Paul Wickens"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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