# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pete-ham
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:52:50.413Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pete-ham"
name: "Pete Ham"
slug: "pete-ham"
description: "Peter William Ham was a Welsh musician and songwriter who was the lead vocalist and composer of the rock band Badfinger from 1961 until his death in 1975. He also co-wrote the ballad \"Without You\", a worldwide No. 1 hit for Harry Nilsson that has become a standard covered by hundreds of artists. Ham was granted two Ivor Novello Awards related to the song in 1973."
tagline: "Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist (1947–1975)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pete_ham.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: "1947-04-27"
deathDate: "1975-04-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.56842
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0357226/"
    handle:    "nm0357226"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.peteham.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pete Ham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pete Ham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pete Ham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pete Ham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Ham"
    title: "Pete Ham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хэм, Пит"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pete Ham"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Pete Ham"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1493339"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6160069"
    title: "Pete Ham"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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