# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-coughlan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:09:58.241Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-coughlan"
name: "Richard Coughlan"
slug: "richard-coughlan"
description: "Richard Coughlan was an English musician who was best known as the drummer and percussionist of the Canterbury scene progressive rock band Caravan. He was one of the founding members of the band in 1968 and remained with them until his death. AllMusic called Coughlan \"one of art rock's longest tenured musicians\"."
tagline: "English musician (1947-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WildeFlowers.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: "1947-09-02"
deathDate: "2013-12-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.39
  momentum:             3.6
  historical:           10.08661066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/608039"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%BA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ريتشارد كوغلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ريتشارد كوجلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coughlan"
    title: "Richard Coughlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coughlan"
    title: "Richard Coughlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%DA%A9%D9%88%DA%AF%D9%84%D9%86"
    title: "ریچارد کوگلن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coughlan"
    title: "Richard Coughlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coughlan"
    title: "Richard Coughlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coughlan"
    title: "Richard Coughlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coughlan"
    title: "Richard Coughlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Coughlan"
    title: "Richard Coughlan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6437ff88-5ca9-431d-9921-b05e3a144f8b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1852923"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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