# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bruce-guthro
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:43:59.467Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bruce-guthro"
name: "Bruce Guthro"
slug: "bruce-guthro"
description: "Bruce Guthro was a Canadian singer-songwriter from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Guthro recorded as a solo artist, and was lead vocalist for the Scottish Celtic rock band Runrig from 1998, until the group retired in 2018. Guthro received several ECMAs, and hosted and conceptualized the Canadian TV show Songwriters Circle, on which guests included Jim Cuddy, Colin James, and Alan Doyle."
tagline: "Canadian singer (1961–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bruce_Guthro.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-08-31"
deathDate: "2023-09-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.05
  momentum:             0.5183946488294314
  historical:           7.801265333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1089901/"
    handle:    "nm1089901"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.bruceguthro.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "بروس جوثرو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bruce Guthro"
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  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Guthro"
    title: "Bruce Guthro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Guthro"
    title: "Bruce Guthro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Guthro"
    title: "Bruce Guthro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Guthro"
    title: "Bruce Guthro"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Guthro"
    title: "Bruce Guthro"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/68915496-42f9-40bc-88b9-da3f0d308f52"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q991655"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Bruce Guthro"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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