Peter Banks

British guitarist

Person Human Q381450

Facts

21 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[20]
Date of birth: July 15, 1947
Date of death: March 7, 2013, March 8, 2013^[10]
Place of birth: London Borough of Barnet
Place of death: London
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[11]
Occupation: guitarist, songwriter, singer, composer, musician
Educated at: Barnet and Southgate College^[12]
Genre: progressive rock^[21]
Official website: www.peterbanks.net^[25]
Cause of death: myocardial infarction^[22]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[28]
Short name: Peter Banks^[30]
End of work period: 2013^[32]
Given name: Peter, William^[23]^[24]
Instrument: guitar^[27]
Manner of death: natural causes^[26]
Member of: The Syn, Yes, Flash, The Syndicats, Mabel Greer's Toyshop, Blodwyn Pig, Empire^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]
Name in native language: Peter William Brockbanks^[29]
Start of work period: 1966^[31]

🏷️ Also known as

en Peter Banks en Peter William Brockbanks ar بيتر بانكس es Peter William Brockbanks fr Peter William Brockbanks he פטר בנקס hu Peter William Brockbanks id Peter Brochbanks it Pete Banks ja Peter Banks ja ピーター・バンクス ko 피터 뱅크스 nl Peter William Brockbanks pt Peter william brockbanks ru Peter Banks ru Бэнкс П. ru Бэнкс Питер ru Питер Бэнкс zh 彼得·班克斯

🔖 Identifiers · 23

ISNI: 0000000399050368
VIAF cluster ID: 79798860
Library of Congress Authorities ID: n90709786
GND ID: 134819969
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 134819969
Discogs artist ID: 289366
Europeana entity: agent/base/64345
Fandango person ID: 33534
Find a Grave memorial ID: 106596376
Freebase ID: /m/01p7vjz
HAND ID: 846D-B241-49C7-5480-DDFD
IMDb ID: nm2593108

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MusicBrainz artist ID: f1022919-81ce-4e56-a5e6-d5e7b6434ad5
Musik-Sammler.de artist ID: 282648
Muziekweb performer ID: M00000029566
Myspace ID: guitaristpeterbanks
NL CR AUT ID: ola2002151556
NNDB people ID: 967/000043838
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID: XX1784847
Rate Your Music artist ID: peter-banks
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 47070
WikiTree person ID: Brockbanks-5
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJkD8wpCDPWvhxMqrm9v73

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🔗 Connections

Mb:member of band 5

Yes, The Syn, Mabel Greer's Toyshop, The Syndicats, Flash

Mb:performer of 4

Crossover, Reduction, Self-Contained, Two Sides of Peter Banks

Member of 2

Yes, The Syn

Occupation 2

songwriter, guitarist

Cause of death 1

myocardial infarction

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Family name 1

Banks

Genre 1

progressive rock

Given name 1

Peter

Instance of 1

human

Instrument 1

guitar

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Manner of death 1

natural causes

Place of birth 1

London Borough of Barnet

Place of death 1

London

Sex or gender 1

male

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Summary

Peter Banks was born on July 15, 1947^[1], in London Borough of Barnet^[2]. He died on March 7, 2013^[3], in London^[4]. He worked as a guitarist^[5], songwriter^[6], singer^[7], composer^[8], and musician^[9].

FAQs

Where was Peter Banks born?

Peter Banks was born in London Borough of Barnet^[2].

Where did Peter Banks die?

Peter Banks passed away in London^[4].

What did Peter Banks do for work?

Peter Banks worked as a guitarist^[5], songwriter^[6], singer^[7], composer^[8], and musician^[9].

Where did Peter Banks go to school?

Peter Banks was educated at Barnet and Southgate College^[12].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Peter Banks — place of birth (P19): London Borough of Barnet. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Peter Banks — place of death (P20): London. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-11-07. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Peter Banks — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2024-06-20. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Peter Banks — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Peter Banks — educated at (P69): Barnet and Southgate College. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Peter Banks — occupation (P106): guitarist. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Peter Banks — occupation (P106): songwriter. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Peter Banks — occupation (P106): singer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Peter Banks — occupation (P106): composer. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Peter Banks — occupation (P106): musician. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-04-20. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Peter Banks — genre (P136): progressive rock. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Peter Banks — member of (P463): The Syn. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Peter Banks — member of (P463): Yes. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Peter Banks — member of (P463): Flash. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Peter Banks — member of (P463): The Syndicats. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Peter Banks — member of (P463): Mabel Greer's Toyshop. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Peter Banks — member of (P463): Blodwyn Pig. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Peter Banks — member of (P463): Empire. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Peter Banks — cause of death (P509): myocardial infarction. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Peter Banks — date of birth (P569): July 15, 1947. IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-14. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Peter Banks — date of death (P570): March 7, 2013. IMDb. Retrieved 2015-10-14. somethingelsereviews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Peter Banks — date of death (P570): March 8, 2013. Library of Congress Authorities. Retrieved 2020-04-01. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Peter Banks — given name (P735): Peter. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Peter Banks — given name (P735): William. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Peter Banks — official website (P856): http://www.peterbanks.net. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Peter Banks — manner of death (P1196): natural causes. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Peter Banks — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Peter Banks — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Peter Banks — name in native language (P1559): Peter William Brockbanks. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Peter Banks — short name (P1813): Peter Banks. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Peter Banks — start of work period (P2031): 1966. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Peter Banks — end of work period (P2032): 2013. wikidata.org.

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Name in native language → Peter William Brockbanks

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