# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-knopfler
# Generated: 2026-08-31T21:27:13.870Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-knopfler"
name: "David Knopfler"
slug: "david-knopfler"
description: "David Knopfler is a British musician. Together with his older brother Mark Knopfler, John Illsley, and Pick Withers, he founded the rock band Dire Straits in 1977, serving as rhythm guitarist on their first two albums. After quitting the band in 1980 during the recording of their third album, Knopfler embarked upon a solo career as a recording artist."
tagline: "British musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Knopfler_blacksheep_2017_1989.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: "1952-12-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           56.09
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.04244133333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
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    handle:    "DavidKnopfler"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DKnopfler1"
    handle:    "DKnopfler1"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0461359/"
    handle:    "nm0461359"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.knopfler.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Knopfler"
    title: "David Knopfler"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%9D%D0%BE%D0%BF%D1%84%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Девід Нопфлер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ڈیوڈ نوفلر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "David Knopfler"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump