# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/spencer-dryden
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:28:57.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/spencer-dryden"
name: "Spencer Dryden"
slug: "spencer-dryden"
description: "Spencer Charles Dryden was an American musician best known as the drummer for Jefferson Airplane and New Riders of the Purple Sage. He also played with Dinosaurs, and the Ashes. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996 as a member of Jefferson Airplane."
tagline: "American drummer (1938–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Spencer_Dryden_1970s_(cropped).JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1938-04-07"
deathDate: "2005-01-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump