# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dr-demento
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:02:45.140Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dr-demento"
name: "Dr. Demento"
slug: "dr-demento"
description: "Barret Eugene Hansen, also known professionally as Dr. Demento, is a retired American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and unusual recordings."
tagline: "American disc jockey"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr_Demento.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-04-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           55.76
  momentum:             1.525291635641598
  historical:           19.32565733333334
  currentAttention:     2
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "drdemento"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0360676/"
    handle:    "nm0360676"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://drdemento.com"
sources:
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dr. Demento"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dr. Demento"
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    title: "Dr. Demento"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dr. Demento"
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    title: "Dr. Demento"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dr. Demento"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dr. Demento"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dr. Demento"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1293406"
    title: "Barry Hansen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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