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Boris Williams

English drummer best known for his extensive work with The Cure (1984–1994)
Person human Q2708703

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[9]
Date of birth
April 24, 1957
Place of birth
Versailles
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[7]
Occupation
drummer, songwriter, percussionist, musician
Field of work
music[8]
Genre
post-punk[10]
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[17]
Birth name
Boris Peter Bransby Williams[18]
Copyright representative
PRS for Music[20]
Family name
Bransby, Williams[12][13]
Given name
Boris, Peter[14][15]
Instrument
drum kit[16]
Name in native language
Boris Williams[19]
Record label
Fiction Records[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Boris Williams ar بوريس وليامز cs Boris Peter Bransby-Williams he בוריס ויליאמס ja ボリス・ウィリアムズ ru Борис Уильямс tr Boris Peter Bransby-Williams uk Борис Вілльямс zh 鮑里斯·威廉斯 zh 鲍里斯·威廉姆斯
🔖 Identifiers · 19
VIAF cluster ID
37147095167225082905
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Boris Williams photo.jpg ↗
AllMovie person ID
p301839
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000090539
Discogs artist ID
412943
Europeana entity
agent/base/78307
Freebase ID
/m/08g98z
GTAA ID
1495055
IMDb ID
nm0930145
IPI name number
00159803056
Kinobox person ID
920248
Kinopoisk person ID
724609
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MusicBrainz artist ID
e8c7f193-0db6-4175-a469-ebce1c340429
NL CR AUT ID
xx0204830
Rate Your Music artist ID
boris_williams
SecondHandSongs artist ID
4754
Songkick artist ID
2368151
Swedish Film Database person ID
174534
TMDB person ID
1059142

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🔗 Connections
Mb:composer 16
Lovesong, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Just Like Heaven, High, High, Never Enough, Never Enough +8 more
Occupation 4
musician, songwriter, drummer, percussionist
Compositions 3
Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, High
Mb:member of band 3
The Cure, Babacar, Shelleyan Orphan
← Contributor to the creative work or subject 3
Disintegration, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, The Head on the Door
Given name 2
Peter, Boris
Copyright representative 1
PRS for Music
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Family name 1
Williams
Field of work 1
music
Genre 1
post-punk
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
drum kit
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:involved with 1
Caroline Crawley
Place of birth 1
Versailles
Record label 1
Fiction Records
Sex or gender 1
male
← Lyricist 1
Just Like Heaven
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Summary

Boris Williams's place of birth was Versailles[1]. He was born on April 24, 1957[2]. He worked as a drummer[3], songwriter[4], percussionist[5], and musician[6].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[21]

  • Country: GB[22]

  • Began / founded: 1957-04-24[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e8c7f193-0db6-4175-a469-ebce1c340429[24]

FAQs

Where was Boris Williams born?

Boris Williams's place of birth was Versailles[1].

What did Boris Williams do for work?

Boris Williams worked as drummer[3], songwriter[4], percussionist[5], and musician[6].

Related Entities

music The Cure United Kingdom Versailles

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [2] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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