# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-hammill
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:02:53.622Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-hammill"
name: "Peter Hammill"
slug: "peter-hammill"
description: "Peter Joseph Andrew Hammill is an English musician and recording artist. He was a founder member of the progressive rock band Van der Graaf Generator. Best known as a singer-songwriter, he also plays guitar and piano and produces his own recordings and occasionally those of other artists. In 2012, he was recognised with the Visionary award at the first Progressive Music Awards."
tagline: "English singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Hammill_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1948-11-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump