# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-mccann
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:34:51.807Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-mccann"
name: "Jim McCann"
slug: "jim-mccann"
description: "James McCann was an Irish entertainer and folk musician. Although a solo artist for most of his career, McCann was a member of the folk group The Dubliners from 1974 until 1979, then later appearing with them in their 2002 reunion and their 50th anniversary tour in 2012."
tagline: "Irish musician (1944-2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/50/Jim_McCann_2015.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1944-10-26"
deathDate: "2015-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.57966533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1861464/"
    handle:    "nm1861464"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1175730"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "چيم مكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McCann"
    title: "Jim McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McCann_(Musiker)"
    title: "Jim McCann (Musiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McCann_(musician)"
    title: "Jim McCann (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McCann_(musikaria)"
    title: "Jim McCann (musikaria)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McCann_(musicien)"
    title: "Jim McCann (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%90_%EB%A7%A4%EC%BA%94"
    title: "짐 매캔"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McCann"
    title: "Jim McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McCann_(musician)"
    title: "Jim McCann (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_McCann"
    title: "Jim McCann"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2957921f-e65b-4598-a1ec-ce5283bda143"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q763108"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1647576"
    title: "Jim McCann"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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