# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-wakeman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:11:40.854Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-wakeman"
name: "Rick Wakeman"
slug: "rick-wakeman"
description: "Richard Christopher Wakeman is an English keyboardist and composer best known for his multiple tenures in the progressive rock band Yes and for his prolific solo career, which has spanned six decades. His most successful and acclaimed albums are his first three progressive rock concept albums–The Six Wives of Henry VIII (1973), the UK number-one Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1974), and The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1975). AllMusic describes Wakeman as a \"classically trained keyboardist extraordinaire who plied his trade with Yes and developed his own brand of live spectacular in a solo act.\""
tagline: "English keyboardist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rick_Wakeman_-_July_2017_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1949-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 98100
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump