# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pete-farndon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:26:32.574Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pete-farndon"
name: "Pete Farndon"
slug: "pete-farndon"
description: "Peter Granville Farndon was an English bassist and founding member of the rock band the Pretenders. In addition to playing bass with the group, Farndon sang backup vocals and co-wrote two of the group's songs, before a drug problem resulted in his dismissal from the group in 1982 and his death less than a year later."
tagline: "British musician (1952-1983)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Farndon_Dec81.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: "1952-06-12"
deathDate: "1983-04-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.308484
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1384953/"
    handle:    "nm1384953"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "پيت فارندون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Farndon"
    title: "Pete Farndon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Farndon"
    title: "Pete Farndon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Farndon"
    title: "Pete Farndon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Farndon"
    title: "Pete Farndon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Farndon"
    title: "Pete Farndon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Farndon"
    title: "Pete Farndon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%96%D1%82_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Піт Фарндон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8c6d45aa-5e14-42c4-943c-e6868406531f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q342253"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1961595"
    title: "Pete Farndon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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