# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/augustus-pablo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:28:10.978Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/augustus-pablo"
name: "Augustus Pablo"
slug: "augustus-pablo"
description: "Horace Michael Swaby, also known as Augustus Pablo, was a Jamaican roots reggae and dub composer, performer, record producer, and multi-instrumentalist. He was active from the 1970s until his death. He was known for playing the melodica."
tagline: "Jamaican roots reggae and dub record producer, melodica player and keyboardist (1954-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Reggae_vinyl_records.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1954-06-21"
deathDate: "1999-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.6
  momentum:             4.268456375838927
  historical:           18.99446666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0655038/"
    handle:    "nm0655038"
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    handle:    "5WwEQwX3ruZofwDDqtOXwI"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://myspace.com/officialaugustuspablo"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Augustus Pablo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Augustus Pablo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Augustus Pablo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Augustus Pablo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Augustus Pablo"
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    title: "Augustus Pablo"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus_Pablo"
    title: "Augustus Pablo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Augustus Pablo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Augustus Pablo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Augustus Pablo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Augustus Pablo"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump