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Rob Townsend

British musician
Person human Q3434241

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[7]
Date of birth
July 7, 1947
Place of birth
Leicester
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[4]
Occupation
musician
Genre
rock music, rock and roll[8][9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Family name
Townsend[11]
Given name
Rob[12]
Instrument
drum kit, percussion instrument[13][14]
Member of
Family, The Blues Band[5][6]
P14750
14AC-22CF-1DBD-1DB5-84E9[17]
Record label
Arista Records[10]
Start of work period
1967[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Rob Townsend
🔖 Identifiers · 19
ISNI
0000000078386899
VIAF cluster ID
80227014
GND ID
135502241
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
The Blues Band - Rob Townsend (adjusted).jpg ↗
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
13813726h
CANTIC ID
981058586718206706
Carnegie Hall agent ID
83269
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
135502241
Discogs artist ID
287213
Europeana entity
agent/base/85124
Freebase ID
/m/0d1yj_
IMDb ID
nm5434066
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Kinobox person ID
1367899
Montreux Jazz Festival person ID
12778
MusicBrainz artist ID
2519346e-40bd-4817-89a0-15347da5f7cb, a8e85652-bb23-4310-aca7-21afb2a07e53
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000310759
NUKAT ID
n2013122025
Prabook ID
1913957
Songkick artist ID
2390320

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Summary

Rob Townsend was born on July 7, 1947[1], in Leicester[2]. He has worked as a musician[3].

FAQs

Where was Rob Townsend born?

Rob Townsend's place of birth was Leicester[2].

What did Rob Townsend do for work?

Rob Townsend worked as a musician[3].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Montreux Jazz Festival Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · StarTrekker · 2026-08-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → Family, The Blues Band
    P14750 → 14AC-22CF-1DBD-1DB5-84E9
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Member of: Family"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NUKAT ID → n2013122025
    Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID → 135502241
    Sex or gender → male
    Given name → Rob
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ CANTIC ID: 981058586718206706, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/257571|batch #257571]]"
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