# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-fowler
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:02:29.104Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-fowler"
name: "Tom Fowler"
slug: "tom-fowler"
description: "Thomas William Fowler was an American bass guitarist. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he started playing the violin at age six, before picking up the upright bass, and finally electric bass at age 16. He played with It's a Beautiful Day, Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, Jean-Luc Ponty, Ray Charles, Steve Hackett, and many others. He had four brothers, including trombonist Bruce and trumpeter Walt Fowler."
tagline: "American bassist (1951–2024)"
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: "1951-06-10"
deathDate: "2024-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.226208
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288808/"
    handle:    "nm0288808"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/347510"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B7%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B1_(%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A)"
    title: "طوم فولر (موسيقي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fowler"
    title: "Tom Fowler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fowler"
    title: "Tom Fowler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fowler_(bassist)"
    title: "Tom Fowler (bassist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fowler"
    title: "Tom Fowler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fowler"
    title: "Tom Fowler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fowler"
    title: "Tom Fowler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Fowler"
    title: "Tom Fowler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cf8f8722-631e-458b-a304-b038bab751ba"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3494868"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1096203"
    title: "Tom Fowler"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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