# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gillian-whitehead
# Generated: 2026-08-31T18:49:36.326Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gillian-whitehead"
name: "Gillian Whitehead"
slug: "gillian-whitehead"
description: "Dame Gillian Karawe Whitehead is a New Zealand composer. She is of Māori Ngāi Te Rangi descent. Her Māori heritage has been an important influence on her composing."
tagline: "New Zealand composer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gillian_Whitehead_DCNZM_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1941-04-23"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           38.59
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.938085333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.gillianwhitehead.co.nz/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2020635"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "جيليان وايتهيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%AF"
    title: "جيليان وايتهيد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Whitehead"
    title: "Gillian Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Whitehead"
    title: "Gillian Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Whitehead"
    title: "Gillian Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Whitehead"
    title: "Gillian Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%82%D1%85%D0%B5%D0%B4%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Уайтхед, Джиллиан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Whitehead"
    title: "Gillian Whitehead"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c638c6b8-3c25-4b47-a3e3-6fc5e3491a0e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5562312"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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