# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-lynne
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:57:44.677Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-lynne"
name: "Jeff Lynne"
slug: "jeff-lynne"
description: "Jeffrey Lynne is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer. He is the co-founder and only consistent member of the rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), which was formed in 1970. He has written all of the band's music since 1972, including hits such as \"Evil Woman\", \"Livin' Thing\", \"Telephone Line\", \"Mr. Blue Sky\", \"Don't Bring Me Down\", and \"Hold On Tight\". He also has had a solo career, with two albums: Armchair Theatre (1990) and Long Wave (2012)."
tagline: "English musician (born 1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff_Lynne_April_2016.jpeg?width=1200"
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: "1947-12-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           59.14
  momentum:             0.1063241106719368
  historical:           26.761452
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/jefflynneselo/"
    handle:    "jefflynneselo"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJeffLynne"
    handle:    "OfficialJeffLynne"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0528855/"
    handle:    "nm0528855"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "3bTAaMx9nf237AkBnGw3vL"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jefflynneselo.com/"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Jeff Lynne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Lynne"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジェフ・リン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ჯეფ ლინი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "제프 린"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Lynne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Lynne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jeff Lynne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump