# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-byron
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:26:47.831Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-byron"
name: "David Byron"
slug: "david-byron"
description: "David Garrick, better known by his stage name David Byron, was a British singer who was best known in the early 1970s as the original lead vocalist of the rock band Uriah Heep and their hit singles \"Easy Livin'\" (1972) and \"Stealin'\" (1973). Byron possessed a powerful operatic voice and exuded a flamboyant stage presence."
tagline: "British singer (1947–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/1972_David_Byron_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1947-01-29"
deathDate: "1985-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.david-byron.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump