# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-preston
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:08:19.097Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-preston"
name: "Simon Preston"
slug: "simon-preston"
description: "Simon John Preston was an English organist, conductor and composer who was admired as one of the most important English church musicians of his generation."
tagline: "English organist, conductor, and composer (1938–2022)"
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: "1938-08-04"
deathDate: "2022-05-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.98
  momentum:             3.319413110609768
  historical:           14.49395466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0696492/"
    handle:    "nm0696492"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2w0dRPpzDTNYZmV9AplCD0"
    handle:    "2w0dRPpzDTNYZmV9AplCD0"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سيمون برستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "سيمون برستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%8A%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8A%D0%BD"
    title: "Саймън Престън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Preston"
    title: "Simon Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Preston"
    title: "Simon Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Preston"
    title: "Simon Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Preston"
    title: "Simon Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Preston"
    title: "Simon Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Preston"
    title: "Simon Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%97%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%88%E3%83%B3"
    title: "サイモン・プレストン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Preston"
    title: "Simon Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Preston"
    title: "Simon Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Preston"
    title: "Simon Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Preston"
    title: "Simon Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Preston"
    title: "Simon Preston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/32c98fc8-e7de-4c43-af5b-2f0a7a0dd4c7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q175978"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2645432"
    title: "Simon Preston"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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