# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-martyn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:24:18.193Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-martyn"
name: "John Martyn"
slug: "john-martyn"
description: "Iain David McGeachy, known professionally as John Martyn, was a British singer-songwriter and guitarist. Over a 40-year career, he released 23 studio albums and received frequent critical acclaim. The Times described him as \"an electrifying guitarist and singer whose music blurred the boundaries between folk, jazz, rock and blues\"."
tagline: "British musician (1948–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/JohnMartyn1978.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: "1948-09-11"
deathDate: "2009-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.17
  momentum:             1.464208242950109
  historical:           23.509868
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/OfficialJohnMartyn"
    handle:    "OfficialJohnMartyn"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0554415/"
    handle:    "nm0554415"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/3JulrApLVT81sb2HkfwMks"
    handle:    "3JulrApLVT81sb2HkfwMks"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.johnmartyn.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جون مارتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جون مارتين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "جون مارتین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Джон Мартин (музикант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn"
    title: "John Martyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn"
    title: "John Martyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn"
    title: "John Martyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn"
    title: "John Martyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn"
    title: "John Martyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn"
    title: "John Martyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn_(musicien)"
    title: "John Martyn (musicien)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%95%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%98%D7%99%D7%9F_(%D7%92%D7%99%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98)"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn"
    title: "John Martyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3_(%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・マーティン (ミュージシャン)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ჯონ მარტინი"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EB%A7%88%ED%8B%B4_(%EC%9D%8C%EC%95%85%EA%B0%80)"
    title: "존 마틴 (음악가)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn_(muzikant)"
    title: "John Martyn (muzikant)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn"
    title: "John Martyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn"
    title: "John Martyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%9C%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%9F%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8"
    title: "ਜਾਨ ਮਾਰਟਿਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn_(muzyk)"
    title: "John Martyn (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn"
    title: "John Martyn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%B9%D9%86"
    title: "جان مارٹن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Martyn_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "John Martyn (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%86)"
    title: "Мартин, Джон (певец)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/John_Martyn"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/e821a756-487f-4931-a02f-27cf11cec7bf"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q472578"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1095338"
    title: "John Martyn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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