# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-bowman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:48:13.259Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-bowman"
name: "James Bowman"
slug: "james-bowman"
description: "James Thomas Bowman was an English countertenor. His career spanned opera, oratorio, contemporary music and solo recitals. Arguably, he was, after Alfred Deller, the most important countertenor in the 20th century revival of the voice part. He combined early and baroque repertoires with contemporary work, becoming recognised for his portrayal of Oberon in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream and performing world premieres."
tagline: "British countertenor (1941–2023)"
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: "1941-11-06"
deathDate: "2023-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.35
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.29568266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101329/"
    handle:    "nm0101329"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4xxFcRBOp4jUE3tFHEEYeN"
    handle:    "4xxFcRBOp4jUE3tFHEEYeN"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/833217"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس بومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جيمس بومان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "James Bowman (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman_(countertenor)"
    title: "James Bowman (countertenor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman"
    title: "James Bowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman_(contret%C3%A9nor)"
    title: "James Bowman (contreténor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman_(controtenore)"
    title: "James Bowman (controtenore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman"
    title: "James Bowman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bowman_(%C5%9Bpiewak)"
    title: "James Bowman (śpiewak)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/93ee9c63-90d7-4dcb-bd0d-63956dc6175e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q595108"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1571104"
    title: "James Bowman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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