# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-joannou
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:30:38.351Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-joannou"
name: "Chris Joannou"
slug: "chris-joannou"
description: "Christopher John Joannou is a Macedonian-Australian musician best known as the bassist for the Newcastle-based alternative rock band Silverchair. He is a twin to sister Louise Kipa. He was the first of the three band members to cut his long hair short. Joannou was nicknamed 'Lumberjack' by Silverchair fans for his love of trees and plaid shirts."
tagline: "Australian Macedonian Musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ChrisJoannou2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1979-11-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.12
  momentum:             2.775510204081633
  historical:           12.20670666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كريس چوانو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Joannou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eml.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Joannou"
    title: "Chris Joannou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Joannou"
    title: "Chris Joannou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Joannou"
    title: "Chris Joannou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Joannou"
    title: "Chris Joannou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D5%8B%D5%B8%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%B8%D6%82"
    title: "Քրիս Ջոաննու"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Joannou"
    title: "Chris Joannou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Joannou"
    title: "Chris Joannou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Joannou"
    title: "Chris Joannou"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BD%D1%83%2C_%D0%9A%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Джоанну, Крис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Chris Joannou"
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    title: "คริส โจนนาว"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2632145"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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