# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-sylvian
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:43:40.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-sylvian"
name: "David Sylvian"
slug: "david-sylvian"
description: "David Sylvian is an English musician, singer and songwriter who came to prominence in the late 1970s as frontman and principal songwriter of the band Japan."
tagline: "English musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DavidSylvianNov82.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: "1958-02-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.30132133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/davidsylvian58"
    handle:    "davidsylvian58"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/davidsylvian258/"
    handle:    "davidsylvian258"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/DavidSylvianOfficial"
    handle:    "DavidSylvianOfficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1477687/"
    handle:    "nm1477687"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2oyWkw7sq99yqj12hVUHtw"
    handle:    "2oyWkw7sq99yqj12hVUHtw"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.davidsylvian.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "داڤيد سيلڤيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "دیوید سیلوین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian"
    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian"
    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian"
    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian"
    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian"
    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian"
    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "デヴィッド・シルヴィアン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "데이비드 실비언"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian"
    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian"
    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian"
    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D1%8D%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4"
    title: "Силвиан, Дэвид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D1%98%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Дејвид Силвијан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian"
    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian"
    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Девід Сильвіан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%DA%88_%D8%B3%D9%84%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ڈیوڈ سلویان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "大衛·西爾維安"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/719db6b1-0d91-458c-8d18-875ec44105bf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519273"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1316826"
    title: "David Sylvian"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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