# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/angus-young
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:35:34.368Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/angus-young"
name: "Angus Young"
slug: "angus-young"
description: "Angus McKinnon Young is an Australian musician, best known as the co-founder, lead guitarist, songwriter, and the only continuous member of the hard rock band AC/DC. He is known for his energetic performances, school uniform-style stage outfits, and his own version of Chuck Berry's duckwalk. Young was ranked 38th in the 2023 edition of Rolling Stone's 250 greatest guitarists of all time list. In 2003, Young and the other members of AC/DC were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame."
tagline: "Australian guitarist"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1955-03-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  country:  166
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-country-fill