# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/chris-sievey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:35:46.000Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/chris-sievey"
name: "Chris Sievey"
slug: "chris-sievey"
description: "Chris Sievey was an English musician, comedian and artist known for fronting the band the Freshies in the late 1970s and early 1980s and for his comic persona Frank Sidebottom from 1984 onwards."
tagline: "English musician and comedian (1953-2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Frank_sidebottom.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1955-08-25"
deathDate: "2010-06-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.665921333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1036040/"
    handle:    "nm1036040"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.franksidebottom.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/267701"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sievey"
    title: "Chris Sievey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sievey"
    title: "Chris Sievey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sievey"
    title: "Chris Sievey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B3_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "کریس سیوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sievey"
    title: "Chris Sievey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sievey"
    title: "Chris Sievey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%8B%E9%87%8C%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E8%A5%BF%E7%B6%AD"
    title: "克里斯·西維"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fd2375e6-cec3-4fa7-a949-ca0389b49893"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1077742"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2302109"
    title: "Chris Sievey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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