# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gavin-friday
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:00:02.836Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gavin-friday"
name: "Gavin Friday"
slug: "gavin-friday"
description: "Gavin Friday is an Irish singer and songwriter, composer, actor and painter, best known as a founding member of the post-punk group The Virgin Prunes."
tagline: "Irish singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gavin_friday_clarence_hotel.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1959-10-08"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.04
  momentum:             5.387067395264117
  historical:           12.50995466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/gavinfridaynews"
    handle:    "gavinfridaynews"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/gavinfridaycom/"
    handle:    "gavinfridaycom"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/gavinfridaynews"
    handle:    "gavinfridaynews"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0294859/"
    handle:    "nm0294859"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gavinfriday.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/12367"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "جافين فرايداي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "جافين فرايداى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "جافین فرایدای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Friday"
    title: "Gavin Friday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Friday"
    title: "Gavin Friday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Friday"
    title: "Gavin Friday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Friday"
    title: "Gavin Friday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Friday"
    title: "Gavin Friday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Friday"
    title: "Gavin Friday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B0%9C%EB%B9%88_%ED%94%84%EB%9D%BC%EC%9D%B4%EB%8D%B0%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "개빈 프라이데이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Friday"
    title: "Gavin Friday"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%B9%2C_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Фрайдей, Гевин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/597c3e34-16f7-4e9a-81da-d6bda8b4d740"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q707268"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62641"
    title: "Gavin Friday"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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