# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dominic-behan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:09:41.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dominic-behan"
name: "Dominic Behan"
slug: "dominic-behan"
description: "Dominic Behan was an Irish writer, songwriter and singer from Dublin who wrote in Irish and English. He was a socialist and an Irish republican. Born into the literary Behan family, he was one of the most influential Irish songwriters of the 20th century."
tagline: "Irish writer (1928-1989)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-10-22"
deathDate: "1989-08-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.8
  momentum:             0.1298701298701299
  historical:           9.939062666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066850/"
    handle:    "nm0066850"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/749595"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Behan"
    title: "Dominic Behan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "دومينيك بيهان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Behan"
    title: "Dominic Behan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Behan"
    title: "Dominic Behan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Behan"
    title: "Dominic Behan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Behan"
    title: "Dominic Behan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Behan"
    title: "Dominic Behan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Behan"
    title: "Dominic Behan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Behan"
    title: "Dominic Behan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/83323d76-1d43-4150-8c01-31e7e9d2db17"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1237551"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2161812"
    title: "Dominic Behan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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