# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/billy-childish
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:51:08.393Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/billy-childish"
name: "Billy Childish"
slug: "billy-childish"
description: "Billy Childish is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer, and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing, and visual art. He has led and played in bands including Thee Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats, and the Musicians of the British Empire, primarily working in the genres of garage rock, punk, and surf, and releasing more than 100 albums."
tagline: "British musician (born 1959)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Billy_Childish.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1959-12-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.99
  momentum:             1.306715063520871
  historical:           12.45195866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/childishinfo"
    handle:    "childishinfo"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/billychildish"
    handle:    "billychildish"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1764469/"
    handle:    "nm1764469"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.billychildish.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بيلى كيلديش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بیلی چایلدیش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Childish"
    title: "Billy Childish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Childish"
    title: "Billy Childish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Childish"
    title: "Billy Childish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C_%DA%86%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B4"
    title: "بیلی چایلدیش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Childish"
    title: "Billy Childish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Childish"
    title: "Billy Childish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Childish"
    title: "Billy Childish"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%88"
    title: "Билли Чайлдиш"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Billy_Childish"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://li.wikiquote.org/wiki/Billy_Childish"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/23ef9155-df05-4e3a-8109-acb603f3146d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q863049"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1263482"
    title: "Billy Childish"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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