# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-cognito
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:32:48.608Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-cognito"
name: "Ian Cognito"
slug: "ian-cognito"
description: "Paul John Barbieri, known professionally as Ian Cognito, was an English stand-up comedian. He won the Time Out Award for Stand-up Comedy in 1999."
tagline: "British comedian (1958-2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian_Cognito_2013.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1958-11-21"
deathDate: "2019-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.388197333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 240
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6263058/"
    handle:    "nm6263058"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/4895985"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "ايان كوجنيتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cognito"
    title: "Ian Cognito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cognito"
    title: "Ian Cognito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cognito"
    title: "Ian Cognito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cognito"
    title: "Ian Cognito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Cognito"
    title: "Ian Cognito"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%8A%E6%81%A9%C2%B7%E7%A7%91%E5%B0%BC%E6%89%98"
    title: "伊恩·科尼托"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d33194e1-c5b5-40e7-a82b-f2065382b244"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5981230"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3656832"
    title: "Ian Cognito"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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