# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alex-varkatzas
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:53:54.538Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alex-varkatzas"
name: "Alex Varkatzas"
slug: "alex-varkatzas"
description: "Alex Varkatzas is an American musician, best known as the former lead vocalist of rock band Atreyu from its inception in 1998 until his departure from the band in 2020. In 2011, during the band's hiatus, Varkatzas also started a hardcore project with Bleeding Through vocalist Brandan Schieppati named I Am War. He is currently the vocalist for Dead Icarus."
tagline: "American singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AlexV-Atreyu.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1982-01-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.81
  momentum:             3.811764705882353
  historical:           6.285721333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/alexvarkatzas/"
    handle:    "alexvarkatzas"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/565680"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Varkatzas"
    title: "Alex Varkatzas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Varkatzas"
    title: "Alex Varkatzas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Varkatzas"
    title: "Alex Varkatzas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Varkatzas"
    title: "Alex Varkatzas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Varkatzas"
    title: "Alex Varkatzas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2411d0ec-bb2f-4721-989c-b9d54b20c1bf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1403084"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump