# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-gobena
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:15:16.980Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-gobena"
name: "Thomas Gobena"
slug: "thomas-gobena"
description: "Thomas \"Tommy T\" Gobena is the former bassist for Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello. He is of Ethiopian descent and was born in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. He moved to Washington D.C. in 1987 at the age of 16, and joined Gogol Bordello in 2006. Aside from his work with Gogol Bordello, he also has released one solo album titled The Prester John Sessions."
tagline: "Ethiopian musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gogol_Bordello_-_Thomas_Gobena_-_Two_Days_a_Week_-_2016-07-06-19-12-15.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1971"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.92
  momentum:             20.6221198156682
  historical:           6.812204
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2455132/"
    handle:    "nm2455132"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/328419"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "توماس غوبينا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gobena"
    title: "Thomas Gobena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gobena"
    title: "Thomas Gobena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gobena"
    title: "Thomas Gobena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Gobena"
    title: "Thomas Gobena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3_%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "تھامس گوبینا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e5a3ab13-f2e5-405f-aafa-0c49ff3a326f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2424267"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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