# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-burns
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:16:38.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-burns"
name: "Barry Burns"
slug: "barry-burns"
description: "Barry Burns is a Scottish musician best known for his work with post-rock band Mogwai."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Festival_des_Vieilles_Charrues_2018_-_Mogwai_-_016.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1974"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.97
  momentum:             19.71810089020772
  historical:           7.302378666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2193181/"
    handle:    "nm2193181"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mogwai.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/258095"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "باري بورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "بارى بورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3"
    title: "باری بورنس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Burns"
    title: "Barry Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Burns"
    title: "Barry Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Burns"
    title: "Barry Burns"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/caf09b25-6fe3-4a24-9c10-7b038210c6f9"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4864060"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1206730"
    title: "Barry Burns"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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