# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gord-downie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:41:35.602Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gord-downie"
name: "Gord Downie"
slug: "gord-downie"
description: "Gordon Edgar Downie was a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, musician, writer, poet, and activist. He was the singer and lyricist for the Canadian rock band The Tragically Hip, which he fronted from its formation in 1984 until his death in 2017. He is revered by many as one of the most influential artists in Canada's music history."
tagline: "Canadian musician, writer (1964–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/The_Hip_03.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1964-02-06"
deathDate: "2017-10-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.52
  momentum:             10.9125
  historical:           9.859988
  currentAttention:     30
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/gorddownie"
    handle:    "gorddownie"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0970841/"
    handle:    "nm0970841"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0hhEcYduSsklQIaMFAgaMc"
    handle:    "0hhEcYduSsklQIaMFAgaMc"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gorddownie.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/288574"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "غورد دوني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gord_Downie"
    title: "Gord Downie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Downie"
    title: "Gordon Downie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gord_Downie"
    title: "Gord Downie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Downie"
    title: "Gordon Downie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gord_Downie"
    title: "Gord Downie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B8%2C_%D0%93%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Дауни, Горд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gord_Downie"
    title: "Gord Downie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/291eb640-aa58-45e9-a8cb-069d58644b2b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5585076"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1635815"
    title: "Gord Downie"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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