# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-hook
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:29:04.249Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-hook"
name: "Peter Hook"
slug: "peter-hook"
description: "Peter Hook is an English musician. He is the former bassist and co-founder of the post-punk band Joy Division and its successor New Order. He often used the bass as a lead instrument, playing melodies on the high strings with a signature heavy chorus effect."
tagline: "British bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter_Hook_Nocturnal_Culture_Night_13_2018_10_(cropped).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: "1956-02-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.165932
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "peterhook"
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0393599/"
    handle:    "nm0393599"
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    handle:    "7yE0pgnhHPnPk4GZVuEpZM"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.peterhook.co.uk/"
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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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Hook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Hook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Hook"
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    title: "Peter Hook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Hook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Hook"
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    title: "Peter Hook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Hook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Hook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хук, Питер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Hook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Hook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Hook"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump