# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aly-bain
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:12:39.419Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aly-bain"
name: "Aly Bain"
slug: "aly-bain"
description: "Aly Bain MBE is a Scottish fiddler who learned his instrument from the old-time master Tom Anderson. The former First Minister of Scotland Jack McConnell called Bain a \"Scottish icon.\""
tagline: "Scottish fiddler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ali_Bain%2C_Cambridge_Folk_Festival_50th_Anniversary_(14851529023).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1946-05-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.07
  momentum:             4.170212765957447
  historical:           7.302630666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047683/"
    handle:    "nm0047683"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "على بين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aly_Bain"
    title: "Aly Bain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aly_Bain"
    title: "Aly Bain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aly_Bain"
    title: "Aly Bain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aly_Bain"
    title: "Aly Bain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aly_Bain"
    title: "Aly Bain"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/191675d4-909d-42a4-893a-7e8070510c99"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q450214"
    title: "Wikidata"
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  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1429149"
    title: "Aly Bain"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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