# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-astbury
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:46:09.129Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-astbury"
name: "Ian Astbury"
slug: "ian-astbury"
description: "Ian Robert Astbury is a British singer, best known as the lead vocalist, frontman and a founding member of the rock band The Cult. During various hiatuses from the Cult, Astbury fronted the short-lived band Holy Barbarians in 1996, and later from 2002 to 2007 served as the lead singer of Doors of the 21st century, a Doors tribute band that also featured original Doors members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger.\nAstbury replaced Rob Tyner during an MC5 reunion in 2003, and has contributed guest vocals on several recordings by other artists."
tagline: "British singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IanAsbury.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: "1962-05-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.56
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.64516133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ASTBURY"
    handle:    "ASTBURY"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/IANASTBURYOFFICIAL"
    handle:    "IANASTBURYOFFICIAL"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1039312/"
    handle:    "nm1039312"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%89"
    title: "ايان استبورى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%8A%CE%B1%CE%BD_%CE%86%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BC%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B9"
    title: "Ίαν Άστμπερι"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D1%98%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Ијан Астбури"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Astbury"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/084705e4-4cee-4927-bd27-40904a588956"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q956094"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1059140"
    title: "Ian Astbury"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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