# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dafydd-iwan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:31:12.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dafydd-iwan"
name: "Dafydd Iwan"
slug: "dafydd-iwan"
description: "Dafydd Iwan Jones is a Welsh singer and nationalist politician who rose to fame writing and performing folk music in the Welsh language. From 2003 to 2010, Iwan was the president of Plaid Cymru, a political party which advocates for Welsh independence from the UK."
tagline: "Welsh musician and politician (born 1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dafydd_Iwan_from_Emynau_album_cover.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1943-08-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.60864533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/dafyddiwan"
    handle:    "dafyddiwan"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.dafyddiwan.cymru/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1956739"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "دافيد إيوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kcg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dafydd_Iwan"
    title: "Dafydd Iwan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%86%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Дафід Іван"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/012f4bf6-4040-42c9-a7d0-6e72463d1f65"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1157150"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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