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Ben Gillies

Australian musician
Person Human Q2529599
Ben Gillies
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
October 24, 1979
Place of birth
Newcastle
Country of citizenship
Australia[6]
Occupation
composer, songwriter, drummer
Genre
alternative rock[9]
Family name
Gillies[11]
Given name
Ben[12]
Instrument
drum kit[13]
Member of
Silverchair[7]
Record label
Murmur[10]
Social media followers
14k (14k–15k, n=4)[15][16][17][18]
Start of work period
1992[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Ben Gillies en Benjamin David Gillies ar بين غيليز es Benjamin David Gillies pt Benjamin David Gillies sv Benjamin David Gillies sv Gillies th เบ็น กิลไลส์ th เบน จิลลีส์
🔖 Identifiers · 15
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000134118
Discogs artist ID
518023
Europeana entity
agent/base/66140
Facebook username
BenGillies888
Freebase ID
/m/01vrnd2
HAND ID
B9CA-2CB1-7067-CBFA-38AA
IMDb ID
nm1268569
Instagram username
bengillies888
MusicBrainz artist ID
91757d69-2e29-44cb-b402-b00ddcead17f
Rate Your Music artist ID
ben_gillies
SecondHandSongs artist ID
99244
Songkick artist ID
1891638
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SoundCloud ID
bengillies888
TMDB person ID
94679
X (Twitter) username
BenGillies888

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🔗 Connections
Mb:composer 6
Shade, Shade, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Pure Massacre, Pure Massacre
Mb:lyricist 6
Shade, Shade, Tomorrow, Tomorrow, Pure Massacre, Pure Massacre
Occupation 3
composer, songwriter, drummer
Compositions 2
Shade, Tomorrow
Mb:member of band 2
Silverchair, Tambalane
Belongs to 1
Silverchair
Country of citizenship 1
Australia
Genre 1
alternative rock
Given name 1
Ben
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
drum kit
Place of birth 1
Newcastle
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Ben Gillies was born on October 24, 1979[1], in Newcastle[2]. He has worked as a composer[3], songwriter[4], and drummer[5].

FAQs

Where was Ben Gillies born?

Ben Gillies was born in Newcastle[2].

What did Ben Gillies do for work?

Ben Gillies worked as a composer[3], songwriter[4], and drummer[5].

Related Entities

Australia Newcastle

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  6. [5] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Start of work period → 1992
    Family name → Gillies
    Instrument → drum kit
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: HAND ID: B9CA-2CB1-7067-CBFA-38AA, batch #269215"
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