# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vinny-appice
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:24:12.009Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vinny-appice"
name: "Vinny Appice"
slug: "vinny-appice"
description: "Vincent Samson Appice is an American rock and metal drummer best known for his work with the bands Dio, Black Sabbath, and Heaven & Hell. He is the younger brother of drummer Carmine Appice."
tagline: "American drummer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vinny_Appice_-_Kill_Devil_Hill_(3)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1957-09-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "vinnyappice1"
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    title: "Discogs"
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    title: "Вінні Аппісі"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump