# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/meredydd-evans
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:02:46.848Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/meredydd-evans"
name: "Meredydd Evans"
slug: "meredydd-evans"
description: "Meredydd Evans, known colloquially as Merêd, was a collector, editor, historian and performer of folk music of Wales. A major figure in Welsh media for over half a century, Evans has been described as influencing \"almost every sphere of Welsh cultural life, from folk music and philosophy to broadcasting and language politics\"."
tagline: "Welsh folk-music singer, collector and historian. He was also a broadcaster and political activist (1919–2015)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/de/Mer%C3%AAdNosonLawen.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1919-12-09"
deathDate: "2015-02-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.46
  momentum:             5.454545454545454
  historical:           7.071526666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4276607/"
    handle:    "nm4276607"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2084165"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredydd_Evans"
    title: "Meredydd Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredydd_Evans"
    title: "Meredydd Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredydd_Evans"
    title: "Meredydd Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredydd_Evans"
    title: "Meredydd Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredydd_Evans"
    title: "Meredydd Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meredydd_Evans"
    title: "Meredydd Evans"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/dda1d059-d66b-464b-98c8-f03603f5284d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6819009"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3521664"
    title: "Meredydd Evans"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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