# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irmin-schmidt
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:29:02.040Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irmin-schmidt"
name: "Irmin Schmidt"
slug: "irmin-schmidt"
description: "Irmin Schmidt is a German keyboardist and composer, best known as a founding member of the Krautrock band Can and composer of numerous film scores. Following the death of Can's second lead vocalist Damo Suzuki in February 2024, Schmidt is one of three surviving former members of the band, alongside original vocalist Malcolm Mooney and bassist Rosko Gee."
tagline: "German composer and pianist (born 1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Irmin_Schmidt_2022.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1937-05-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.67
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.59036266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ISchmidtMusic"
    handle:    "ISchmidtMusic"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/irmin_schmidt/"
    handle:    "irmin_schmidt"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0772994/"
    handle:    "nm0772994"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4kYClJRpGza4CLezfVwLEf"
    handle:    "4kYClJRpGza4CLezfVwLEf"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://irminschmidt.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B4%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "ايرمين شميت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmin_Schmidt"
    title: "Irmin Schmidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmin_Schmidt"
    title: "Irmin Schmidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmin_Schmidt"
    title: "Irmin Schmidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmin_Schmidt"
    title: "Irmin Schmidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%83%88"
    title: "イルミン・シュミット"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B4%EB%A5%B4%EB%AF%BC_%EC%8A%88%EB%AF%B8%ED%8A%B8"
    title: "이르민 슈미트"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmin_Schmidt"
    title: "Irmin Schmidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmin_Schmidt"
    title: "Irmin Schmidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmin_Schmidt"
    title: "Irmin Schmidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B4%D1%82%2C_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Шмидт, Ирмин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmin_Schmidt"
    title: "Irmin Schmidt"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0e535e75-3dc6-4240-a165-def6b33e938b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q664494"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/43487"
    title: "Irmin Schmidt"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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