# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-kapranos
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:29:44.832Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-kapranos"
name: "Alex Kapranos"
slug: "alex-kapranos"
description: "Alexander Paul Kapranos is a Scottish musician. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist of Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand. He has also been a part of the supergroups FFS and BNQT."
tagline: "Scottish rock musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/CoronaCapFest19-31_(50078180868)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
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birthDate: "1972-03-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump