# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mars-bonfire
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:37:18.200Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mars-bonfire"
name: "Mars Bonfire"
slug: "mars-bonfire"
description: "Dennis Edmonton, also known by the stage name Mars Bonfire, is a Canadian rock musician and songwriter, best known for writing the hit song \"Born to Be Wild\" for Steppenwolf."
tagline: "Canadian rock musician and songwriter"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Dennis_Edmonton_%28Mars_Bonfire%29_of_The_Sparrows.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1943-04-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.67
  momentum:             0.1651143099068586
  historical:           8.019769333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0094428/"
    handle:    "nm0094428"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B1"
    title: "مارس بونفير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Bonfire"
    title: "Mars Bonfire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Bonfire"
    title: "Mars Bonfire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Bonfire"
    title: "Mars Bonfire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Bonfire"
    title: "Mars Bonfire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Bonfire"
    title: "Mars Bonfire"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81_%D0%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B9%D1%80"
    title: "Марс Бонфайр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9fa4bdcc-f8b2-489c-bb03-e7f725bbbc62"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4354354"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4779967"
    title: "Mars Bonfire"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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