# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-byrne-q336640
# Generated: 2026-09-01T18:14:38.480Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-byrne-q336640"
name: "David Byrne"
slug: "david-byrne-q336640"
description: "David Byrne is an American musician, writer, visual artist, and filmmaker. He was a founding member and the principal songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of the rock band Talking Heads."
tagline: "Scottish-American musician (born 1952)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Byrne_San_Diego.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1952-05-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 205000
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump