# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/markos-vamvakaris
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:18:08.059Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/markos-vamvakaris"
name: "Markos Vamvakaris"
slug: "markos-vamvakaris"
description: "Markos Vamvakaris, was a Greek musician of rebetiko, universally referred to by rebetiko writers and fans simply by his first name, Markos. The great significance of Vamvakaris for the rebetiko is also reflected by his nickname: the \"patriarch of the rebetiko\"."
tagline: "Greek rebetiko musician and singer (1905–1972)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Markos_Vamvakaris_rebetiko_musician_as_a_young_man.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1905-05-10"
deathDate: "1972-02-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.78
  momentum:             3.781512605042015
  historical:           17.37419333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2711742/"
    handle:    "nm2711742"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ماركوس ڤامڤاكاريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Маркос Вамвакарис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Markos Vambakaris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markos_Vamvakaris"
    title: "Markos Vamvakaris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markos_Vamvakaris"
    title: "Markos Vamvakaris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%82_%CE%92%CE%B1%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%B1%CE%BA%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B7%CF%82"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Markos Vamvakaris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%A8%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%95%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%95%D7%90%D7%A7%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "מרקוס ומוואקאריס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Մարքոս Վամվաքարիս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Markos Vamvakaris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus_Bambacares"
    title: "Marcus Bambacares"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Markos Vamvakaris"
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    title: "Markos Vamvakaris"
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    title: "Вамвакарис, Маркос"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markos_Vamvakaris"
    title: "Markos Vamvakaris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markos_Vamvakaris"
    title: "Markos Vamvakaris"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%81_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%96%D1%81"
    title: "Маркос Вамвакаріс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/482a86e0-4d49-4d26-8406-3d06f01f0285"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q510704"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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