# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-sheahan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:37:14.065Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-sheahan"
name: "John Sheahan"
slug: "john-sheahan"
description: "John Sheahan is an Irish musician and composer. He joined The Dubliners in 1964 and played with them until 2012 when The Dubliners' name was retired following the death of founding member Barney McKenna. Sheahan is the last surviving member of the definitive lineup of the Dubliners."
tagline: "Traditional Irish musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/FiS_2010_1043.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1939-05-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.53
  momentum:             18.71187063579566
  historical:           10.20098266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1725829/"
    handle:    "nm1725829"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/281918"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جون شايهان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sheahan"
    title: "John Sheahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sheahan"
    title: "John Sheahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sheahan"
    title: "John Sheahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sheahan"
    title: "John Sheahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sheahan"
    title: "John Sheahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sheahan"
    title: "John Sheahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B4_%EC%8B%9C%ED%97%8C"
    title: "존 시헌"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sheahan"
    title: "John Sheahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sheahan"
    title: "John Sheahan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/72ac9287-b447-486a-801d-027ef4cebee7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q693584"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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