# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-townshend
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:09:38.325Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-townshend"
name: "Simon Townshend"
slug: "simon-townshend"
description: "Simon Townshend is a British guitarist, singer and songwriter. He is the younger brother of the Who's guitarist Pete Townshend, and is most associated with the Who and the various side projects of its original members. Simon Townshend has also performed with numerous other acts including Pearl Jam, Dave Grohl and Jeff Beck."
tagline: "British guitarist (born 1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Who.DSC_0100-_11.27.2012_(8226176557).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: "1960-10-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.76
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.8819
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0870231/"
    handle:    "nm0870231"
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    handle:    "3laL2CZKuS2QEdq06u7xCh"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.simontownshend.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Simon Townshend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Townshend"
    title: "Simon Townshend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Townshend"
    title: "Simon Townshend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Townshend"
    title: "Simon Townshend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Townshend"
    title: "Simon Townshend"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "사이먼 타운젠드"
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    title: "Simon Townshend"
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    title: "Simon Townshend"
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    title: "Simon Townshend"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump