# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-farner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:20:58.763Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-farner"
name: "Mark Farner"
slug: "mark-farner"
description: "Mark Fredrick Farner is an American musician. He was the original singer and guitarist of the rock band Grand Funk Railroad, which he co-founded in 1969, and later as a contemporary Christian musician."
tagline: "American singer and guitarist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mark_Farner_(2009).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1948-09-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.72
  momentum:             15.47343188174191
  historical:           11.29957733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1601744/"
    handle:    "nm1601744"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/6EIXFRkQvNMjdmgoBz2Gb7"
    handle:    "6EIXFRkQvNMjdmgoBz2Gb7"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.markfarner.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/254429"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "مارك فارنير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Farner"
    title: "Mark Farner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Farner"
    title: "Mark Farner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Farner"
    title: "Mark Farner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Farner"
    title: "Mark Farner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Farner"
    title: "Mark Farner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Farner"
    title: "Mark Farner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Farner"
    title: "Mark Farner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Фарнер, Марк Фредрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA_%D0%A4%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Марк Фарнер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d4064625-6da8-4b94-86d8-cca54ae01a0a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1900054"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1564952"
    title: "Mark Farner"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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