# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pete-tong
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:56:00.674Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pete-tong"
name: "Pete Tong"
slug: "pete-tong"
description: "Peter Michael Tong is an English DJ who works for BBC Radio 1. He is the host of programmes such as Essential Mix and Essential Selection on the radio service, which can be heard through Internet radio streams, for his record label FFRR Records and for his own performances at nightclubs and music festivals. Tong has also worked as a record producer and is regarded as the \"global ambassador for electronic music.\""
tagline: "English DJ, music producer and radio presenter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pete_tong_head_crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1960-07-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           69.54
  momentum:             1.814394816014811
  historical:           14.56756
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 81
totalFollowers: 76000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.petetong.com/"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/petetongofficial/"
    handle:    "petetongofficial"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@petetong.official"
    handle:    "petetong.official"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/petetong"
    handle:    "petetong"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/petetong"
    handle:    "petetong"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0867256/"
    handle:    "nm0867256"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6n1t55WMsSIUFHrAL4mUsB"
    handle:    "Pete Tong"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTwpnL8nWyTWdBmWCITp_OQ"
    handle:    "@petetong"
    followers: 76000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيت تونغ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC"
    title: "بيت تونج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%82"
    title: "بیت تونق"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Tong"
    title: "Pete Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Tong"
    title: "Pete Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Tong"
    title: "Pete Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF"
    title: "پیت تانگ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Tong"
    title: "Pete Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Tong"
    title: "Pete Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Tong"
    title: "Pete Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Tong"
    title: "Pete Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3%2C_%D0%9F%D0%B8%D1%82"
    title: "Тонг, Пит"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Tong"
    title: "Pete Tong"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D1%96%D1%82_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B3"
    title: "Піт Тонг"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b9585df2-bb26-4523-83fa-53d18b754d5b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q947180"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1497784"
    title: "Pete Tong"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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