# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/malcolm-young
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:56:16.843Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/malcolm-young"
name: "Malcolm Young"
slug: "malcolm-young"
description: "Malcolm Mitchell Young was an Australian musician who was a founding member of the hard rock band AC/DC. Young was a rhythm guitarist, songwriter, and backing vocalist in the band. Except for a brief absence in 1988, Young was a member of AC/DC from its formation in 1973 until his retirement in 2014. As a member of AC/DC, Young was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. In 2023, Rolling Stone named Young and his younger brother and fellow AC/DC member Angus Young the 38th-best guitarists of all time."
tagline: "Australian guitarist (1953–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Malcolm_Young_en_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1953-01-06"
deathDate: "2017-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump