# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-gallup
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:19:35.705Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-gallup"
name: "Simon Gallup"
slug: "simon-gallup"
description: "Simon Johnathon Gallup is an English musician who is best known as bassist for The Cure, which he first joined in 1979 and for which he has played through most of the band's history. Gallup is the second-longest-serving member of the band, after vocalist and leader Robert Smith."
tagline: "British bassist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_Gallup_and_Jason_Cooper_from_The_Cure_in_2012_(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: "1960-06-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             24.30522088353414
  historical:           19.05660533333334
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0303244/"
    handle:    "nm0303244"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Simon Gallup"
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    title: "Simon Gallup"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Simon Gallup"
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    title: "Simon Gallup"
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    title: "Simon Gallup"
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    title: "Simon Gallup"
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    title: "Гэллап, Саймон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump