# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vinnie-paul
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:46:41.813Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vinnie-paul"
name: "Vinnie Paul"
slug: "vinnie-paul"
description: "Vincent Paul Abbott was an American musician best known for being the drummer and co-founder of the heavy metal band Pantera. He also co-founded Damageplan in 2003 with his younger brother, \"Dimebag\" Darrell Abbott, and was a member of Hellyeah for 12 years from 2006 until his death in 2018. Several outlets have ranked Abbott as among the greatest metal drummers of all time."
tagline: "American drummer (1964–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/VinniePaul2008.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-03-11"
deathDate: "2018-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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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