{"id":"chad-smith","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/chad-smith","language":"en","name":"Chad Smith","name_en":"Chad Smith","name_ne":null,"description":"American lawyer and politician","headline":"American lawyer and politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Chad Gaylord Smith is an American musician who is the drummer of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. Smith has played with Red Hot Chili Peppers since 1988, appearing on ten of their studio albums as the band’s longest-serving drummer. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012. Smith is also the drummer of the hard rock supergroup Chickenfoot, formed in 2008, and of the all-instrumental outfit Chad Smith's Bombastic Meatbats, formed in 2007. He worked with the Chicks on Taking the Long Way, an album that won five Grammy Awards in 2007.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"17 December 1950","date":"1950-12-17"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5066146#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Pontiac","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q847596"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5066146#P19"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"United States","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5066146#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"},{"text":"traditional leader or chief","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1259323"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5066146#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"University of Georgia","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q761534"},{"text":"University of Wisconsin–Madison","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838330"},{"text":"University of Tulsa","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1848657"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5066146#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1999–2011)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7245055","start":"1999","end":"2011"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5066146#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Doublespeak Award","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5300150","date":"2011"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5066146#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Smith","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5066146"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Chad Smith born?","a":"Chad Smith was born on 17 December 1950 in Pontiac."},{"q":"What positions has Chad Smith held?","a":"Positions held by Chad Smith include: Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1999–2011)."},{"q":"Where did Chad Smith study?","a":"Chad Smith was educated at University of Georgia, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Tulsa."}],"related":[{"name":"Black Fox","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/black-fox"},{"name":"Dennis Bushyhead","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/dennis-bushyhead"},{"name":"Stand Watie","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/stand-watie"},{"name":"Wilma Mankiller","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/wilma-mankiller"},{"name":"Big Tiger","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/big-tiger"},{"name":"Bill John Baker","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/bill-john-baker"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/chad-smith-7fdb0938f1.jpg","width":343,"height":458,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Philkon Phil Konstantin","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin2.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Chad Smith","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad_Smith","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q5066146","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5066146","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin2.jpg by Philkon Phil Konstantin (Public domain)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin2.jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Chad Smith, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: ChadSmithByPhilKonstantin2.jpg — Philkon Phil Konstantin, Public domain.","cite":"\"Chad Smith\". DigiNepal. Last updated 1 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/chad-smith. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-01T09:05:03Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/chad-smith","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/chad-smith","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/chad-smith?lang=ne"}}