# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/christian-whitehead
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:54:37.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/christian-whitehead"
name: "Christian Whitehead"
slug: "christian-whitehead"
description: "Christian Whitehead, also known as The Taxman, is an Australian video game programmer and designer. He is most recognized for his work creating updated ports of early games in Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog series, as well as being a lead developer of an original game in the series, Sonic Mania. In late 2018, Whitehead co-founded indie development studio Evening Star, which launched its first game, Penny's Big Breakaway, in early 2024."
tagline: "Australian video game programmer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1992-08-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           64.24
  momentum:             3.552631578947367
  historical:           7.955478666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  145
  category: null
totalFollowers: 11300
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/CFWhitehead"
    handle:    "CFWhitehead"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://christianwhitehead.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaALBSbxJ0p1t3rkn6d9E8w"
    handle:    "@taxman70s"
    followers: 11300
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "كريستيان وايتهيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "كريستيان وايتهيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Κρίστιαν Γουάιτχεντ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Whitehead"
    title: "Christian Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Whitehead"
    title: "Christian Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Whitehead"
    title: "Christian Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%81%AC%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4%EC%B2%9C_%ED%99%94%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8%ED%97%A4%EB%93%9C"
    title: "크리스천 화이트헤드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Whitehead"
    title: "Christian Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26702733"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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