# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mandawuy-yunupingu
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:22:06.765Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mandawuy-yunupingu"
name: "Mandawuy Yunupingu"
slug: "mandawuy-yunupingu"
description: "Mandawuy Djarrtjuntjun Yunupingu, formerly Tom Djambayang Bakamana Yunupingu, and also known as Dr Yunupingu, was a teacher and musician, and frontman of the Aboriginal rock group Yothu Yindi from 1986. He was an Aboriginal Australian man of the Yolŋu people, with a skin name of Gudjuk."
tagline: "Aboriginal Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist with Yothu Yindi, educator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/201000_-_Opening_Ceremony_Yothu_Yindi_perform_2_-_3b_-_2000_Sydney_opening_ceremony_photo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1956-09-17"
deathDate: "2013-06-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.62
  momentum:             0.4630872483221476
  historical:           8.189457333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0950984/"
    handle:    "nm0950984"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/474359"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%89_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%88%D9%BE%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%88"
    title: "مانداوى يونوپينجو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%83%D0%B9_%D0%AE%D0%BD%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B3%D1%83"
    title: "Мандавуй Юнупингу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandawuy_Yunupingu"
    title: "Mandawuy Yunupingu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandawuy_Yunupingu"
    title: "Mandawuy Yunupingu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandawuy_Yunupingu"
    title: "Mandawuy Yunupingu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandawuy_Yunupingu"
    title: "Mandawuy Yunupingu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandawuy_Yunupingu"
    title: "Mandawuy Yunupingu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/af3f56fc-4223-4073-b364-5e16942107a1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4503285"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2747305"
    title: "Mandawuy Yunupingu"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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