# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-dury
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:52:19.027Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-dury"
name: "Ian Dury"
slug: "ian-dury"
description: "Ian Robins Dury was an English singer, songwriter and actor best remembered as the frontman of Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Described by The Guardian as \"one of few true originals of the English music scene\", Dury drew from music hall and punk traditions, often incorporating observational humour and word play in his lyrics."
tagline: "British new wave singer (1942–2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian_Dury_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "actors"
profileType:
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  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1942-05-12"
deathDate: "2000-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Ian Dury"
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    title: "Дьюри, Иэн"
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    title: "Ian Dury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian Dury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump