# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lawrence-gowan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:24:24.071Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lawrence-gowan"
name: "Lawrence Gowan"
slug: "lawrence-gowan"
description: "Lawrence Henry Gowan is a Canadian singer and keyboardist. He is a solo artist under the stage name Gowan and has been vocalist and keyboardist of the band Styx since May 1999. His musical style is usually classified in the categories of pop and progressive rock."
tagline: "Canadian singer and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gowan_strikes_a_pose.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1956-11-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.81
  momentum:             6.671686746987951
  historical:           11.770008
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Gowanstrangeanimal"
    handle:    "Gowanstrangeanimal"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0332923/"
    handle:    "nm0332923"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.gowan.org/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لورنس غوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "لاورينس جوان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Gowan"
    title: "Lawrence Gowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gowan"
    title: "Gowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Gowan"
    title: "Lawrence Gowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Gowan"
    title: "Lawrence Gowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Gowan"
    title: "Lawrence Gowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Gowan"
    title: "Lawrence Gowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Gowan"
    title: "Lawrence Gowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Gowan"
    title: "Lawrence Gowan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3_%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "لارنس گوون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fc06a339-d14b-40ea-a87e-4672de5deb0f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2482400"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/120662"
    title: "Gowan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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