# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-mcdonald-q464833
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:57:06.724Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-mcdonald-q464833"
name: "Ian McDonald"
slug: "ian-mcdonald-q464833"
description: "Ian Richard McDonald was an English musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a founding member of the progressive rock band King Crimson in 1968, as well as the hard rock band Foreigner in 1976."
tagline: "English musician, co-founder of King Crimson and Foreigner (1946–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian_McDonald_(2009)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-06-25"
deathDate: "2022-02-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.824074074074075
  historical:           19.57055866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2007374/"
    handle:    "nm2007374"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian McDonald"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian McDonald (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian McDonald"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q464833"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Ian McDonald"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump