# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marc-bolan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:21:27.392Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marc-bolan"
name: "Marc Bolan"
slug: "marc-bolan"
description: "Marc Bolan was an English guitarist, singer-songwriter and poet. He was a pioneer of the glam rock movement in the early 1970s with his band T. Rex. Bolan is an influence on artists in the genres of glam rock, punk, post-punk, new wave, indie rock, Britpop and alternative rock. He was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2020 as a member of T. Rex."
tagline: "English guitarist and singer (1947–1977)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Marc_Bolan_In_Concert_1973.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1947-09-30"
deathDate: "1977-09-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           58.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.99505333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0092647/"
    handle:    "nm0092647"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4M2gGLzKCo0rPyn224PsoN"
    handle:    "4M2gGLzKCo0rPyn224PsoN"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.marc-bolan.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مارك بولان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "মার্ক বোলেন"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "מארק בולאן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bolan"
    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bolan"
    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "マーク・ボラン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%ED%81%AC_%EB%B3%BC%EB%9E%80"
    title: "마크 볼란"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bolan"
    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bolan"
    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bolan"
    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237916"
    title: "Marc Bolan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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