# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gay-byrne
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:13:17.913Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gay-byrne"
name: "Gay Byrne"
slug: "gay-byrne"
description: "Gabriel Mary Byrne was an Irish presenter and host of radio and television. His most notable role was as the first host of The Late Late Show over a 37-year period spanning 1962 until 1999. The Late Late Show is the world's longest-running live chat show. He was affectionately known as \"Uncle Gay\", \"Gaybo\" or \"Uncle Gaybo\". His time working in Britain with Granada Television saw him become the first person to introduce the Beatles on-screen, and Byrne was later the first to introduce Boyzone on-screen in 1993. According to Byrne, Paul McCartney asked him to be the Beatles' agent during a sound check for his show but he declined the offer."
tagline: "Irish television and radio presenter (1934-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gay_Byrne.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1934-08-05"
deathDate: "2019-11-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.22
  momentum:             10
  historical:           8.558961333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126183/"
    handle:    "nm0126183"
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Byrne"
    title: "Gay Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Byrne"
    title: "Gay Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "غاي بيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Byrne"
    title: "Gay Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Byrne"
    title: "Gay Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Byrne"
    title: "Gay Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Byrne"
    title: "Gay Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Byrne"
    title: "Gay Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Byrne"
    title: "Gay Byrne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3778922"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232006"
    title: "Gay Byrne"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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