# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-algar
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:47:10.068Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-algar"
name: "Michael Algar"
slug: "michael-algar"
description: "Michael \"Olga\" Algar is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who fronts the band Toy Dolls and now plays with the Cockney Rejects. Mainly a lead/rhythm guitarist, Olga is also a songwriter and record producer. Algar lived in the City of Sunderland during most of his life before moving to Tokyo, Japan, in 2000. He then moved to central London in 2002 where he has lived since."
tagline: "British guitarist, singer and songwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2017_Toy_Dolls_-_Michael_Algar_-_by_2eight_-_DSC5078.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1962-09-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.99
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.005981333333335
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.thetoydolls.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/449064"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B1"
    title: "مايكل الجار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Algar"
    title: "Michael Algar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Algar"
    title: "Michael Algar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Algar"
    title: "Michael Algar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Algar"
    title: "Michael Algar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4cb5f7be-4863-424a-a1cd-92f3ee3fdcf1"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3307984"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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