# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernard-sumner
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:38:19.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernard-sumner"
name: "Bernard Sumner"
slug: "bernard-sumner"
description: "Bernard Sumner is an English musician. He is a founding member of the bands Joy Division, New Order, Electronic, and Bad Lieutenant. Sumner was an early force in several areas, including the post-punk, synth-pop, and techno music scenes, as well as their various related genres, and was an early influence on the Manchester music scene that presaged the Madchester movement of the late 1980s centred on Factory Records and The Haçienda club in Manchester. He and drummer Stephen Morris are the only two continuous members of New Order, who have also appeared on all the band's albums."
tagline: "English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Barney2005.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
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birthDate: "1956-01-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.50695866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0838858"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump