# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dilip-kumar-roy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:39:51.249Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dilip-kumar-roy"
name: "Dilip Kumar Roy"
slug: "dilip-kumar-roy"
description: "Dilip Kumar Roy, also spelt Dilipkumar Roy, was an Indian musician, singer, musicologist, novelist, poet, essayist and yogi. He was the son of Dwijendralal Ray. In 1965, the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama, awarded him its highest honour for lifetime achievement, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship."
tagline: "Indian musician, musicologist, novelist, poet and essayist (1897–1980)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/93/Dilipkumarroy.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1897-01-22"
deathDate: "1980-01-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.1
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.147805333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/40217661-5479-431a-9332-cd980a03123a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC"
    title: "দিলীপকুমার রায়"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilip_Kumar_Roy"
    title: "Dilip Kumar Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilipkumar_Roy"
    title: "Dilipkumar Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilip_Kumar_Roy"
    title: "Dilip Kumar Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilip_Kumar_Roy"
    title: "Dilip Kumar Roy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0_%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%89%E0%A4%AF"
    title: "दिलीप कुमार रॉय"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q734574"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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