# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/darren-wharton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:14:54.393Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/darren-wharton"
name: "Darren Wharton"
slug: "darren-wharton"
description: "Darren Leigh Wharton is a British keyboardist, singer and songwriter. He has fronted his own band, Dare, since 1985, but first came to attention as a member of Thin Lizzy. In 2023, Wharton launched a second band alongside Dare, Darren Wharton's Renegade. His son, Paris, is also a musician."
tagline: "British keyboardist, singer and songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Darren_Wharton.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: "1962-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.38
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.547054666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 17
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/DarrenWharton"
    handle:    "DarrenWharton"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/darebandofficial/"
    handle:    "darebandofficial"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/100000438704549"
    handle:    "100000438704549"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_VMazaJ-0xj_ghFYyh3HA"
    handle:    "@darrenthinlizzy"
    followers: 17
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دارين وارتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دارين وارتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دارین وارتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Wharton"
    title: "Darren Wharton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Wharton"
    title: "Darren Wharton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Wharton"
    title: "Darren Wharton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Wharton"
    title: "Darren Wharton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Wharton"
    title: "Darren Wharton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Wharton"
    title: "Darren Wharton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren_Wharton"
    title: "Darren Wharton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/5b4714a3-7f43-46dd-a01a-d334bf3904fb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81609"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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