# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luke-kelly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:30:55.032Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luke-kelly"
name: "Luke Kelly"
slug: "luke-kelly"
description: "Luke Kelly was an Irish singer, folk musician and actor from Dublin, Ireland. Born into a working-class household in the city, he moved to England in his late teens and became involved in the folk music revival there. After returning to Dublin in the early 1960s, he co-founded the Dubliners in 1962. Known for his distinctive singing style and occasional political themes, Kelly has been described by The Irish Post and other commentators as one of Ireland's greatest folk singers."
tagline: "Irish singer and musician (1940–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Statua_di_Luke_Kelly.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-11-17"
deathDate: "1984-01-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.61
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.89538533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1838881/"
    handle:    "nm1838881"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://itsthedubliners.com/lk_01.htm"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "لوك كيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لوك كيلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "لوک کیلی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Люк Кели"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A3%A8%ED%81%AC_%EC%BC%88%EB%A6%AC"
    title: "루크 켈리"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8"
    title: "Лук Кели"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke_Kelly"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q369933"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1647575"
    title: "Luke Kelly"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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