# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/porl-thompson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:44:19.702Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/porl-thompson"
name: "Porl Thompson"
slug: "porl-thompson"
description: "Pearl Thompson is an English musician and artist. Thompson is best known as a member of the English alternative rock band the Cure from 1983 to 1993 and from 2005 to 2011, during which he was credited as Porl Thompson and played mainly guitar with occasional keyboards and saxophone. After leaving the Cure he focused on a successful career as a visual artist."
tagline: "English musician best known for being a member of The Cure"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Porl_Thompson%2C_The_Cure%2C_in_Sweden_2007.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: "1957-11-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.8
  momentum:             13.94705174488568
  historical:           15.17882266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0860608/"
    handle:    "nm0860608"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://pearl-thompson.simdif.com/links.htm"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/285585"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيرل تومسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيرل تومسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Thompson"
    title: "Pearl Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porl_Thompson"
    title: "Porl Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Thompson"
    title: "Pearl Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Thompson"
    title: "Pearl Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porl_Thompson"
    title: "Porl Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Thompson"
    title: "Pearl Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porl_Thompson"
    title: "Porl Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porl_Thompson"
    title: "Porl Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Thompson"
    title: "Pearl Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porl_Thompson"
    title: "Porl Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porl_Thompson"
    title: "Porl Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porl_Thompson"
    title: "Porl Thompson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BB_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BF%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Порл Томпсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2b2a7e94-fdc6-4c2e-859c-441faa4089cd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q739650"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/999826"
    title: "Porl Thompson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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