# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-swarbrick
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:33:02.429Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-swarbrick"
name: "Dave Swarbrick"
slug: "dave-swarbrick"
description: "David Cyril Eric Swarbrick was an English traditional folk musician and songwriter who primarily played the violin. He was one of the most highly regarded musicians produced by the second British folk revival, contributing to some of the most important groups and projects of the 1960s, and he became a much sought-after session musician, which led him throughout his career to work with many of the major figures in folk and folk rock music."
tagline: "British folk musician and singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Swarbrick.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: "1941-04-05"
deathDate: "2016-06-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.36
  momentum:             0.2661596958174905
  historical:           13.01109333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 470
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0841903/"
    handle:    "nm0841903"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.folkicons.co.uk/swarb.htm"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtzJhg33gWoCi9JIzhXKH-g"
    handle:    "Dave Swarbrick - Topic"
    followers: 470
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "داڤى سواربريك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Swarbrick"
    title: "Dave Swarbrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Swarbrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Swarbrick"
    title: "Dave Swarbrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Swarbrick"
    title: "Dave Swarbrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Swarbrick"
    title: "Dave Swarbrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "デイヴ・スウォーブリック"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Swarbrick"
    title: "Dave Swarbrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Swarbrick"
    title: "Dave Swarbrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Swarbrick"
    title: "Dave Swarbrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Swarbrick"
    title: "Dave Swarbrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Swarbrick"
    title: "Dave Swarbrick"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%DA%A9"
    title: "ڈیو سواربرک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q763897"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2064603"
    title: "Dave Swarbrick"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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