# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-foxx
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:01:09.511Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-foxx"
name: "John Foxx"
slug: "john-foxx"
description: "John Foxx is an English singer, musician, artist, photographer, graphic designer, writer, teacher and lecturer. He was the original lead singer of the new wave band Ultravox, before leaving to embark on a solo career in 1980 with the album Metamatic."
tagline: "English musician and singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MUSIC_John_Foxx_2008.jpg?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: "1948-09-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.11
  momentum:             1.473922902494331
  historical:           14.88734666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/johnfoxxmetamatic"
    handle:    "johnfoxxmetamatic"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0289354/"
    handle:    "nm0289354"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/36pk438TUUMdX59j1zbvTu"
    handle:    "36pk438TUUMdX59j1zbvTu"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.metamatic.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/22798"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%88%D9%87%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%88%D9%83%D8%B3%D9%83%D8%B3"
    title: "چوهن فوكسكس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxx"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxx"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxx"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxx"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxx"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxx"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxx"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxx"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9_(%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%B3)"
    title: "ジョン・フォックス (ミュージシャン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxx"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxx"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxx"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%81_(%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86)"
    title: "Джон Фокс (певец)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Foxx"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6e913bad-4812-4286-b6cc-18548422f194"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q953768"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2110043"
    title: "John Foxx"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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