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Porl Thompson

English musician best known for being a member of The Cure
Person human Q739650

Facts

20 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
November 8, 1957
Place of birth
Wimbledon
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[5]
Occupation
guitarist, songwriter
Educated at
Thomas Bennett Community College[6]
Genre
new wave[9]
Official website
pearl-thompson.simdif.com[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[16]
Birth name
Paul Stephen Thompson[17]
Copyright representative
PRS for Music[20]
Family name
Thompson[11]
Given name
Paul, Stephen[12][13]
Instrument
guitar[15]
Member of
The Cure[7]
Name in native language
Porl Thompson[18]
P14750
5BB0-83A0-A241-5C40-A3EB[21]
Record label
Geffen Records[10]
Start of work period
1976[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Pearl Thompson en Porl Thompson ar بيرل تومسون cs Paul Thompson cs Paul Stephen Thompson de Pearl Thomson es Pearl Thompson fi Pearl Thompson he פורל תומפסון ja ポール・スティーヴン・トンプソン ja ポール・スティーブン・トンプソン ja ポール・トンプソン pl Pearl Thompson pl Porl Thompson ru Пол Томпсон sv Thompson uk Порл Томпсон zh 珀尔·汤普森 zh 珀爾·湯普森
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ISNI
0000000065531305
VIAF cluster ID
94175920
Library of Congress authority ID
n78043557
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Porl Thompson, The Cure, in Sweden 2007.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000298582
BIBSYS ID
5044186
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
144560524
Discogs artist ID
285585
Europeana entity
agent/base/78311
Freebase ID
/m/08g9hn
IMDb ID
nm0860608
IPI name number
00159782816, 00159773915
Show all 24 identifiers +12
IdRef ID
157156575
Kinobox person ID
913439
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
41317
MusicBrainz artist ID
2b2a7e94-fdc6-4c2e-859c-441faa4089cd
NL CR AUT ID
xx0109385
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX1749043
Obálky knih ID
xx0109385
Rate Your Music artist ID
porl_thompson
SecondHandSongs artist ID
4753
TMDB person ID
999826
Union List of Artist Names ID
500473592
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrKTChjTMGXyBf9XdpByd

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🔗 Connections
Mb:composer 16
Lovesong, Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, Just Like Heaven, High, High, Never Enough, Never Enough +8 more
← Cover art by 6
Disintegration, Wish, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, The Head on the Door, Faith, The Top
Mb:member of band 4
The Cure, Babacar, Easy Cure, Shelleyan Orphan
Compositions 3
Lovesong, Just Like Heaven, High
← Contributor to the creative work or subject 3
Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me, The Head on the Door, The Top
Given name 2
Paul, Stephen
Occupation 2
songwriter, guitarist
Copyright representative 1
PRS for Music
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Family name 1
Thompson
Genre 1
new wave
Instance of 1
human
Instrument 1
guitar
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Member of 1
The Cure
Place of birth 1
Wimbledon
Record label 1
Geffen Records
Sex or gender 1
male
← Creator 1
The Top
← FactGrid item ID 1
Oleksiivka
← Lyricist 1
Just Like Heaven
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Summary

Porl Thompson was born on November 8, 1957[1], in Wimbledon[2]. He has worked as a guitarist[3] and songwriter[4].

FAQs

Where was Porl Thompson born?

Porl Thompson's place of birth was Wimbledon[2].

What did Porl Thompson do for work?

Porl Thompson worked as a guitarist[3] and songwriter[4].

Where did Porl Thompson go to school?

Porl Thompson was educated at Thomas Bennett Community College[6].

Related Entities

Geffen Records The Cure United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  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.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Trivialist · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sex or gender → male
    Educated at → Thomas Bennett Community College
    Official website → http://pearl-thompson.simdif.com/links.htm
    Citizenship → —
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