# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hamish-imlach
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:30:43.275Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hamish-imlach"
name: "Hamish Imlach"
slug: "hamish-imlach"
description: "Hamish Imlach was a Scottish folk singer. Imlach was born in Calcutta to Scottish parents, although he claimed to have been conceived in Glasgow, Scotland. His commercial success was limited, but he influenced many other artists, including most notably John Martyn, Billy Connolly, and Christy Moore. In Central and Northern Europe Imlach enjoyed a strong reputation as a vivid live artist."
tagline: "British singer (1940–1996)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-02-10"
deathDate: "1996-01-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.31
  momentum:             5.230815886818933
  historical:           6.655656
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1123487"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B4_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B4"
    title: "هاميش ايملاتش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish_Imlach"
    title: "Hamish Imlach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish_Imlach"
    title: "Hamish Imlach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish_Imlach"
    title: "Hamish Imlach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish_Imlach"
    title: "Hamish Imlach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish_Imlach"
    title: "Hamish Imlach"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2599d6c7-1d63-4643-8dbc-dd35dd19a2eb"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1573567"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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