# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/magic-alex
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:52:02.618Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/magic-alex"
name: "Magic Alex"
slug: "magic-alex"
description: "Yannis Alexis Mardas, also known as Magic Alex, was a Greek self-professed inventor who was closely associated with the Beatles. His nickname was given to him by John Lennon when he was involved with the group between 1965 and 1969, during which time he became head of Apple Electronics."
tagline: "Greek businessman, electronics engineer and security consultant"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d8/Mardas_In_Apple_Electronics.JPG/330px-Mardas_In_Apple_Electronics.JPG"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1942-05-02"
deathDate: "2017-01-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.281437333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1424049/"
    handle:    "nm1424049"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6550ba3a-5cd7-463d-b727-f7cfe6fe8a34"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_Mardas"
    title: "Alexis Mardas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Alex"
    title: "Magic Alex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%BB%CE%AD%CE%BE%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9C%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B4%CE%B1%CF%82"
    title: "Αλέξης Μάρδας"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Alex"
    title: "Magic Alex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Alex"
    title: "Magic Alex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Alex"
    title: "Magic Alex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanni_Alexis_Mardas"
    title: "Yanni Alexis Mardas"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Alex"
    title: "Magic Alex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6730626"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112457"
    title: "Alexis Mardas"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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