# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-nicol
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:06:52.144Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-nicol"
name: "Simon Nicol"
slug: "simon-nicol"
description: "Simon John Breckenridge Nicol is an English guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer. He was a founding member of British folk rock group Fairport Convention and is the only founding member still in the band. He has also been involved with the Albion Band and a wide range of musical projects, both as a collaborator, producer and as a solo artist. He has received several awards for his work and career."
tagline: "Singer, multi-instrumentalist and producer from England"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_Nicol.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: "1950-10-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.01
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.58074533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1851532/"
    handle:    "nm1851532"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/307522"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "سيمون نيكول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "سيمون نيكول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84"
    title: "سیمون نیکول"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Nicol"
    title: "Simon Nicol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Nicol"
    title: "Simon Nicol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Nicol"
    title: "Simon Nicol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Nicol"
    title: "Simon Nicol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Nicol"
    title: "Simon Nicol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Nicol"
    title: "Simon Nicol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Nicol"
    title: "Simon Nicol"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/8c775df2-15b5-449d-b669-2754229129af"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1969307"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1492535"
    title: "Simon Nicol"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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