# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-wilson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:40:33.863Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-wilson"
name: "Carl Wilson"
slug: "carl-wilson"
description: "Carl Dean Wilson was an American musician, singer, and songwriter who co-founded the Beach Boys. He was their lead guitarist, the youngest sibling of bandmates Brian and Dennis, and the group's de facto leader in the early to mid-1970s. He was also the band's musical director on stage from 1965 until his death."
tagline: "American musician (1946–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_Wilson_in_1966.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-12-21"
deathDate: "1998-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           59.04
  momentum:             1.512771392081737
  historical:           24.947132
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0933136/"
    handle:    "nm0933136"
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    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/04zDwTMN8SPPydYIfSeFYf"
    handle:    "04zDwTMN8SPPydYIfSeFYf"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump