# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bhai-vir-singh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T17:39:58.961Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bhai-vir-singh"
name: "Bhai Vir Singh"
slug: "bhai-vir-singh"
description: "Vir Singh was a Sikh poet, scholar and theologist of the Sikh revival movement, playing an important part in the renewal of Punjabi literary tradition. He was an important figure of the Singh Sabha movement and is considered the father of modern Punjabi literature."
tagline: "Indian poet, scholar and theologian (1872–1957)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vir_Singh_1972_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1872-12-05"
deathDate: "1957-06-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.15
  momentum:             1.605902777777778
  historical:           8.448132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump