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William Reid

Scottish musician, composer, singer
Person Human Q8017464

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
October 28, 1958
Place of birth
East Kilbride
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[6]
Occupation
composer, musician, guitarist
Sibling
Jim Reid[17]
Genre
rock music[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[14]
Birth name
William Adam Reid[15]
Copyright representative
PRS for Music[18]
Family name
Reid[10]
Given name
William, Adam[11][12]
Instrument
guitar[13]
Member of
The Jesus and Mary Chain[7]
Name in native language
William Reid[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Adam Reid en William Reid
🔖 Identifiers · 21
ISNI
0000000059530808
VIAF cluster ID
5319149296202080670000
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n92034638
GND ID
122858875
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
William Reid.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000686469
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
122858875
Discogs artist ID
232797
Europeana entity
agent/base/80227
Freebase ID
/m/09dbbv
GTAA ID
258924
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m09dbbv
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HAND ID
2F55-5189-E923-E2A7-7967
IMDb ID
nm1512494
IPI name number
00122357994
MusicBrainz artist ID
1b5a4471-06cd-4d35-8cb6-c7116bbe901b, 4d7ce1a8-a138-4480-980f-8723a9d94d02
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX940586
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp09997
Prabook ID
1746557
Sancho el Sabio Foundation ID
361672
SecondHandSongs artist ID
7567

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Mb:member of band 1
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Mb:sibling 1
Jim Reid
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Summary

Born in East Kilbride[1], he… he was born on October 28, 1958[2]. He worked as a composer[3], musician[4], and guitarist[5].

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[19]

  • Country: GB[20]

  • Began / founded: 1958-10-28[21]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1b5a4471-06cd-4d35-8cb6-c7116bbe901b[22]

FAQs

Where was William Reid born?

William Reid was born in East Kilbride[1].

What did William Reid do for work?

William Reid worked as composer[3], musician[4], and guitarist[5].

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

  1. [19] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sancho el Sabio Foundation ID → 361672
    "Created claim: Sancho el Sabio Foundation ID: 361672, Matched to William Reid (#285761423) in Sancho el Sabio (au…"
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