# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jon-english
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:32:21.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jon-english"
name: "Jon English"
slug: "jon-english"
description: "Jonathan James English was an English-born Australian singer, songwriter, musician and actor. He emigrated from England to Australia with his parents in 1961. He was an early vocalist and rhythm guitarist for Sebastian Hardie but left to take on the role of Judas Iscariot in the Australian version of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar from May 1972, which was broadcast on television. English was also a solo singer; his Australian top twenty hit singles include \"Turn the Page\", \"Hollywood Seven\", \"Words are Not Enough\", \"Six Ribbons\" and \"Hot Town\"."
tagline: "English-born Australian singer, musician and actor (1949-2016)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jon_English_at_Celebrate_Australia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1949-03-26"
deathDate: "2016-03-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.02
  momentum:             0
  historical:           12.22726266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0257644/"
    handle:    "nm0257644"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "6H2LnEj5myKc4vVz0huuxW"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.jonenglish.com.au/"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جان اینقلیش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jon English"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jon English"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_English"
    title: "Jon English"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jon English"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Jon English"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_English"
    title: "Jon English"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_English"
    title: "Jon English"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_English"
    title: "Jon English"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Jon English"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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