# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-bedford
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:46:23.132Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-bedford"
name: "Mark Bedford"
slug: "mark-bedford"
description: "Mark William Bedford, nicknamed Bedders, is an English musician, songwriter and composer. Bedford came to prominence in the late 1970s as the bassist for the ska and pop band Madness."
tagline: "English musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bedders.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: "1961-08-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.14
  momentum:             17.34068136272545
  historical:           10.17751066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0066043/"
    handle:    "nm0066043"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/409296"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "مارك بيدفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "مارك بيدفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "مارک بیدفورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bedford"
    title: "Mark Bedford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bedford"
    title: "Mark Bedford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bedford"
    title: "Mark Bedford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bedford"
    title: "Mark Bedford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bedford"
    title: "Mark Bedford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Bedford"
    title: "Mark Bedford"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf00865a-5e2e-4568-9eca-750695502ab7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2794741"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1097736"
    title: "Mark Bedford"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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