# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mick-karn
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:22:56.125Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mick-karn"
name: "Mick Karn"
slug: "mick-karn"
description: "Andonis Michaelides, better known as Mick Karn, was a Greek Cypriot musician who rose to fame as the bassist for the art rock and new wave band Japan. His distinctive fretless bass guitar sound and melodic playing style were a trademark of the band's sound."
tagline: "British bassist (1958–2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mick_November_82.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1958-07-24"
deathDate: "2011-01-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.06
  momentum:             2.561319424866085
  historical:           17.120796
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "UC-YaWHCwpnahX5bmz4rTCXA"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/mickkarnofandabout"
    handle:    "mickkarnofandabout"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439780/"
    handle:    "nm0439780"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mickkarn.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميك كارن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "میک کارن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Karn"
    title: "Mick Karn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Karn"
    title: "Mick Karn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Karn"
    title: "Mick Karn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "میک کارن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Karn"
    title: "Mick Karn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Karn"
    title: "Mick Karn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Karn"
    title: "Mick Karn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ミック・カーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B9_%EC%B9%B8"
    title: "믹 칸"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Karn"
    title: "Mick Karn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Karn"
    title: "Mick Karn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Karn"
    title: "Mick Karn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Karn"
    title: "Mick Karn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BD"
    title: "Мик Карн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Karn"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Мік Карн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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