# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-helfgott
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:13:06.083Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-helfgott"
name: "David Helfgott"
slug: "david-helfgott"
description: "David Helfgott is an Australian concert pianist whose life inspired the Academy Award-winning film Shine, in which he was portrayed by actors Geoffrey Rush, Noah Taylor and Alex Rafalowicz."
tagline: "Australian concert pianist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1947-05-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.5907172995780591
  historical:           18.951612
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "DavidHelfgott1"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/helfgott.david"
    handle:    "helfgott.david"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0375056/"
    handle:    "nm0375056"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.davidhelfgott.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دیوید هلفقات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Helfgott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Helfgott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Helfgott"
    title: "David Helfgott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Helfgott"
    title: "David Helfgott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Helfgott"
    title: "David Helfgott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دیوید هلفگات"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Helfgott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Helfgott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Helfgott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Helfgott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Helfgott"
    title: "David Helfgott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хельфготт, Дэвид"
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    title: "เดวิด เฮลฟ์ก็อต"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Helfgott"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/David_Helfgott"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump