# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dan-mccafferty
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:56:15.223Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dan-mccafferty"
name: "Dan McCafferty"
slug: "dan-mccafferty"
description: "William Daniel McCafferty was a Scottish vocalist and songwriter best known as the lead singer for the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth from its founding in 1968 to his retirement from touring with the band in 2013."
tagline: "British singer (1946–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nazareth_%40_Rothes_Halls_(4380017624)_(2)_(cropped).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: "1946-10-14"
deathDate: "2022-11-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.79
  momentum:             1.195042785482443
  historical:           19.38348266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1634554/"
    handle:    "nm1634554"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Дэн Макафэрці"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dan McCafferty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dan McCafferty"
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    title: "Dan McCafferty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dan McCafferty"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Маккаферти, Уильям Дэниел"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_McCafferty"
    title: "Dan McCafferty"
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    title: "Ден Маккаферті"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump