# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vic-firth
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:08:13.745Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vic-firth"
name: "Vic Firth"
slug: "vic-firth"
description: "Everett Joseph \"Vic\" Firth was an American musician and the founder of Vic Firth Company, a company that makes percussion sticks and mallets. He was also known for his association with the Boston Symphony Orchestra."
tagline: "American musician (1930–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vic_Firth_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1930-06-02"
deathDate: "2015-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/vicfirth.company"
    handle:    "vicfirth.company"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2400753/"
    handle:    "nm2400753"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.vicfirth.com"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Vic Firth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic_Firth"
    title: "Vic Firth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vic Firth"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Vic Firth"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump