# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charlie-burchill
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:39:38.320Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charlie-burchill"
name: "Charlie Burchill"
slug: "charlie-burchill"
description: "Charles Burchill is a Scottish musician and composer who is the guitarist for the rock band Simple Minds. He is recognized for his enduring partnership with lead singer Jim Kerr, with whom he has played since their school days. The two remain the only original members still performing with the group. Burchill is primarily known as a guitarist, but he is a multi-instrumentalist who also plays keyboards, saxophone, and violin."
tagline: "Scottish musician and composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ch_Burchill.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-11-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.73
  momentum:             0.9037133686899643
  historical:           9.826038666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1178271/"
    handle:    "nm1178271"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%84"
    title: "تشارلى بوركيل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Burchill"
    title: "Charlie Burchill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Burchill"
    title: "Charlie Burchill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Burchill"
    title: "Charlie Burchill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Burchill"
    title: "Charlie Burchill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Burchill"
    title: "Charlie Burchill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Burchill"
    title: "Charlie Burchill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%83%81%E3%83%AB"
    title: "チャーリー・バーチル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Burchill"
    title: "Charlie Burchill"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/49c93701-412f-49fa-b24a-d6124bc635d5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q260841"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1840757"
    title: "Charlie Burchill"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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