# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lonnie-donegan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:35:40.756Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lonnie-donegan"
name: "Lonnie Donegan"
slug: "lonnie-donegan"
description: "Anthony James \"Lonnie\" Donegan was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the \"King of Skiffle\", who influenced 1960s British pop and rock musicians. Born in Scotland and brought up in England, Donegan began his career in the British trad jazz revival, but transitioned to skiffle in the mid-1950s, rising to prominence with a hit recording of the American folk song \"Rock Island Line\", which helped spur the broader UK skiffle movement."
tagline: "Scottish-born skiffle musician (1931–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LonnieDonegan1956.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
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  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1931-04-29"
deathDate: "2002-11-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             10
  historical:           21.69438
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0232396/"
    handle:    "nm0232396"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.lonniedoneganinc.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump