# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-johansen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:48:16.797Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-johansen"
name: "David Johansen"
slug: "david-johansen"
description: "David Roger Johansen was an American singer, songwriter, and actor best known as lead singer of the seminal proto-punk band the New York Dolls. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym Buster Poindexter and for playing the Ghost of Christmas Past in  Scrooged (1988)."
tagline: "American singer (1950–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Johansen_at_SO36.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1950-01-09"
deathDate: "2025-02-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.05
  momentum:             0.08487896887771142
  historical:           17.35959466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0423774/"
    handle:    "nm0423774"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/officialBusterPoindexter"
    handle:    "officialBusterPoindexter"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    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 Johansen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Johansen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Johansen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johansen"
    title: "David Johansen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johansen"
    title: "David Johansen"
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  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%86"
    title: "دیوید جوهانسن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johansen"
    title: "David Johansen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johansen"
    title: "David Johansen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johansen"
    title: "David Johansen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johansen"
    title: "David Johansen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johansen"
    title: "David Johansen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johansen"
    title: "David Johansen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Johansen"
    title: "David Johansen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Johansen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q370155"
    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "David Johansen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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