# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-banks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:47:25.234Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-banks"
name: "Peter Banks"
slug: "peter-banks"
description: "Peter William Brockbanks, known professionally as Peter Banks, was an English guitarist. He was the original guitarist in the rock bands Yes, Flash, and Empire; he was also a guitarist for The Syn. Banks has been described as \"the architect of progressive music\"."
tagline: "British guitarist"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mabel_Greer%27s_Toyshop_1968.jpg/330px-Mabel_Greer%27s_Toyshop_1968.jpg"
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: "1947-07-15"
deathDate: "2013-03-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.606060606060606
  historical:           21.71740666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm2593108"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.peterbanks.net"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Banks"
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    title: "Peter Banks"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Banks"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Banks"
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    title: "Бэнкс, Питер"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "彼得·班克斯"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Peter Banks"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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