# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kuldeep-manak
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:18:45.508Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kuldeep-manak"
name: "Kuldeep Manak"
slug: "kuldeep-manak"
description: "Kuldeep Manak, was an Indian singer best known for singing a rare genre of Punjabi music, kali, also known by its plural form kalian or kaliyan. Manak is generally regarded as one of the greatest Punjabi artists of all time. His high pitched strong voice was unique, and instantly recognisable. A statue of Manak has been erected in Ludhiana near his residence as a tribute."
tagline: "Indian singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KuldeepManak.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1951-11-15"
deathDate: "2011-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.11
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.667608
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1126685/"
    handle:    "nm1126685"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1418312"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%83"
    title: "كولديب ماناك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuldeep_Manak"
    title: "Kuldeep Manak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuldeep_Manak"
    title: "Kuldeep Manak"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A3%E0%A4%95"
    title: "कुलदीप माणक"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AA_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%A3%E0%A8%95"
    title: "ਕੁਲਦੀਪ ਮਾਣਕ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D9%85%D8%A7%DD%A8%DA%A9"
    title: "کلدیپ ماݨک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/73c909f6-4ee0-4695-8f64-e5cbe0845e5c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3694938"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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