Les Binks

Northern Irish drummer

Person human Q3179049

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[10]
Date of birth: August 8, 1951
Date of death: March 15, 2025
Place of birth: Portadown
Place of death: London
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[7]
Occupation: musician, drummer
Genre: heavy metal music^[11]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[16]
Family name: Binks^[13]
Given name: Les^[14]
Instrument: drum kit^[15]
Member of: Raw Glory, Judas Priest^[8]^[9]
P14750: 8D9B-5670-6336-3E03-6189^[17]
Record label: Columbia Records^[12]

🏷️ Also known as

en James Leslie Binks en Les Binks da James Leslie Binks es James Leslie Binks it James Leslie Binks ru Бинкс Лес ru Джеймс Лесли Бинкс ru Лес Бинкс uk Лес Бінкс zh 萊斯·賓克斯

🔖 Identifiers · 17

ISNI: 0000000372837902
VIAF cluster ID: 79579613
GND ID: 134329678
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Les Binks (cropped2).jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000249573
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134329678
Discogs artist ID: 480798
Encyclopaedia Metallum artist ID: 3714
Europeana entity: agent/base/82845
Facebook username: ThePriesthood2018
Freebase ID: /m/0bsb58
IMDb ID: nm5751353

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MusicBrainz artist ID: 1bd61509-828b-4dff-9193-46bd20bf65ed
Rate Your Music artist ID: les_binks
SBN author ID: DDSV291190
TMDB person ID: 3797285
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJqFH4WjQtGJfGqxqjFBT3

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🔗 Connections

Mb:member of band 5

Judas Priest, KK's Priest, Tytan, Axis Point, Lionheart

Mb:writer 2

Beyond the Realms of Death, Beyond the Realms of Death

Occupation 2

musician, drummer

Belongs to 1

Judas Priest

Compositions 1

Beyond the Realms of Death

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Genre 1

heavy metal music

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

drum kit

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Place of birth 1

Portadown

Place of death 1

London

Record label 1

Columbia Records

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Les Binks was born on August 8, 1951^[1], in Portadown^[2]. He died on March 15, 2025^[3], in London^[4]. He worked as a musician^[5] and drummer^[6].

FAQs

Where was Les Binks born?

Les Binks was born in Portadown^[2].

Where did Les Binks die?

Les Binks died in London^[4].

What did Les Binks do for work?

Les Binks worked as a musician^[5] and drummer^[6].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Les Binks — place of birth (P19): Portadown. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Les Binks — place of death (P20): London. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Les Binks — sex or gender (P21): male. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Les Binks — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Les Binks — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Les Binks — occupation (P106): drummer. Retrieved 2019-06-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Les Binks — genre (P136): heavy metal music. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Les Binks — record label (P264): Columbia Records. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Les Binks — member of (P463): Raw Glory. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Les Binks — member of (P463): Judas Priest. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Les Binks — date of birth (P569): August 8, 1951. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Les Binks — date of death (P570): March 15, 2025. bravewords.com. bravewords.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Les Binks — family name (P734): Binks. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Les Binks — given name (P735): Les. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Les Binks — instrument (P1303): drum kit. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Les Binks — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Les Binks — P14750 (P14750): 8D9B-5670-6336-3E03-6189. wikidata.org.

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@misc{4ortxyz_les-binks_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Les Binks}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/les-binks}, note = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}}

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17d ago · ならちゃん · 2026-10-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Member of → Raw Glory, Judas Priest

Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'eu', 'fi', 'fr', 'it', 'nn', 'pt', 'ru', 's

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12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗

P14750 → 8D9B-5670-6336-3E03-6189

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24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Place of birth → Portadown

Languages spoken, written or signed → English

Occupation → —

Genre → heavy metal music

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