# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/farhad-mehrad
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:23:32.319Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/farhad-mehrad"
name: "Farhad Mehrad"
slug: "farhad-mehrad"
description: "Farhad Mehrad was a popular Iranian singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. He was a versatile musician who released the first English rock and roll album in Iran. Farhad gained fame among the Iranian rock, pop and folk musicians before the Islamic Revolution of 1979. He was prohibited from singing for several years in Iran after the revolution. Farhad's first concert after the Islamic Revolution was held in 1990. He is still recognized as one of the most influential and respected contemporary Iranian singers. Farhad was also the founding member of the popular Iranian band Black Cats."
tagline: "Iranian singer and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Farhad_Mehrad.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-01-19"
deathDate: "2002-08-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.66
  momentum:             1.98468410976388
  historical:           12.93615733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7886310/"
    handle:    "nm7886310"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/5dOnuILcq3uFLKaBMIFokr"
    handle:    "Farhad Mehrad"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.farhadmehrad.org/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "فرهاد مهراد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "فرهاد مهراد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AB%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A6_%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6"
    title: "ফারহদ মেহরাদ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%95%D8%B1%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%BE%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "فەرھاد میھراد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhad_Mehrad"
    title: "Farhad Mehrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "فرهاد مهراد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhad_Mehrad"
    title: "Farhad Mehrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhad_Mehrad"
    title: "Farhad Mehrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "فرهاد مهراد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhad_Mehrad"
    title: "Farhad Mehrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhad_Mehrad"
    title: "Farhad Mehrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farhad_Mehrad"
    title: "Farhad Mehrad"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AF"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/264365c8-bcee-484d-a7c2-4772a5332abc"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3066855"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1031206"
    title: "Farhad Mehrad"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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