# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-cousins
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:42:30.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-cousins"
name: "Dave Cousins"
slug: "dave-cousins"
description: "David Joseph Cousins was an English musician. He was the leader, singer and most-active songwriter of Strawbs, from 1967."
tagline: "English musician (1940–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DaveCousins08.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: "1940-01-07"
deathDate: "2025-07-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.07
  momentum:             10.93670886075949
  historical:           12.80331733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Dave-Cousins-144100042302995"
    handle:    "Dave-Cousins-144100042302995"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1859947/"
    handle:    "nm1859947"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ديف كوزينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ديف كوزينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cousins"
    title: "Dave Cousins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cousins"
    title: "Dave Cousins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cousins"
    title: "Dave Cousins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cousins"
    title: "Dave Cousins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cousins"
    title: "Dave Cousins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cousins"
    title: "Dave Cousins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cousins"
    title: "Dave Cousins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cousins"
    title: "Dave Cousins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cousins"
    title: "Dave Cousins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cousins"
    title: "Dave Cousins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cousins"
    title: "Dave Cousins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cb03952a-0fac-4217-ade8-906ebb49cb90"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1173158"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4136163"
    title: "Dave Cousins"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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