# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sam-rivers-q44841
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:45:37.465Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sam-rivers-q44841"
name: "Sam Rivers"
slug: "sam-rivers-q44841"
description: "Samuel Robert Rivers was an American musician. He was the bassist, backing vocalist and was one of the founding members of the nu metal band Limp Bizkit."
tagline: "American bassist (1977–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/13-06-07_RaR_LB_Sam_Rivers_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1977-09-02"
deathDate: "2025-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           63.3
  momentum:             4.538254239516236
  historical:           24.32586533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0729570/"
    handle:    "nm0729570"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "سام ريفرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%B2"
    title: "سام ريفرز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rivers_(kytarista)"
    title: "Sam Rivers (kytarista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Rivers (Bassist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rivers_(bassist)"
    title: "Sam Rivers (bassist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rivers"
    title: "Sam Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rivers"
    title: "Sam Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سم ریورز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rivers_(basisti)"
    title: "Sam Rivers (basisti)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rivers_(bassiste)"
    title: "Sam Rivers (bassiste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sam Rivers (bassista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "サム・リヴァース (ベーシスト)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "샘 리버스 (베이스 기타 연주자)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rivers"
    title: "Sam Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sems Riverss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rivers"
    title: "Sam Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rivers"
    title: "Sam Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rivers_(baixista)"
    title: "Sam Rivers (baixista)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D1%8D%D0%BC_(%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82)"
    title: "Риверс, Сэм (басист)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rivers_(bassist)"
    title: "Sam Rivers (bassist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Rivers"
    title: "Sam Rivers"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bfbf245a-11e5-4b37-8d92-fc456f96890c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q44841"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1119860"
    title: "Sam Rivers"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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