# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/howard-devoto
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:12:56.900Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/howard-devoto"
name: "Howard Devoto"
slug: "howard-devoto"
description: "Howard Devoto is an English singer and songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for punk rock band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, an early post-punk band. After Magazine, he went solo and later formed indie band Luxuria."
tagline: "English singer-songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Howard_devoto.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1952-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.5
  momentum:             5.852417302798983
  historical:           11.34742533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/139648"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D8%AF%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "هوارد ديڤوتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Devoto"
    title: "Howard Devoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Devoto"
    title: "Howard Devoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Devoto"
    title: "Howard Devoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Devoto"
    title: "Howard Devoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Devoto"
    title: "Howard Devoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AF%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%88"
    title: "ハワード・ディヴォート"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%98%EC%9B%8C%EB%93%9C_%EB%94%94%EB%B3%B4%ED%86%A0"
    title: "하워드 디보토"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Devoto"
    title: "Howard Devoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Devoto"
    title: "Howard Devoto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Говард Девото"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/72c324f5-0d4a-4ca5-bc92-02236c65308b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q967901"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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