# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mark-mothersbaugh
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:38:05.777Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mark-mothersbaugh"
name: "Mark Mothersbaugh"
slug: "mark-mothersbaugh"
description: "Mark Allen Mothersbaugh is an American musician and composer. He came to prominence in the late 1970s as co-founder, lead vocalist and keyboardist of the new wave band Devo, whose \"Whip It\" was a top 20 single in the US in 1980, peaking at No. 14, and which has since maintained a cult following. Mothersbaugh was one of the primary composers of Devo's music."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Devomark.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: "1950-05-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           21.870568
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/mmothersbaugh"
    handle:    "mmothersbaugh"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0006205/"
    handle:    "nm0006205"
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    handle:    "5sEDTHJJyDEWVFx99hGSIb"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://markmothersbaugh.com"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مارك موذرسباو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mark Mothersbaugh"
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    title: "Mark Mothersbaugh"
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    title: "Mark Mothersbaugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mark Mothersbaugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mothersbaugh"
    title: "Mark Mothersbaugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мазерсбо, Марк"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Mothersbaugh"
    title: "Mark Mothersbaugh"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Mark Mothersbaugh"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump