# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mick-rock
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:53:40.860Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mick-rock"
name: "Mick Rock"
slug: "mick-rock"
description: "Michael David Rock was a British photographer. He photographed rock music acts such as Queen, David Bowie, Waylon Jennings, T. Rex, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, the Sex Pistols, Ozzy Osbourne, the Ramones, Joan Jett, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Thin Lizzy, Geordie, Mötley Crüe, Blondie and Third Eye Blind. Often referred to as \"The Man Who Shot the Seventies\", he shot most of the memorable photos of Bowie as Ziggy Stardust in his capacity as Bowie's official photographer. Rock's work is held in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London."
tagline: "British photographer, music video director (1948-2021)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/pRWxBzfzqS5l0oYXPei5E6ivCKq.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1948-11-21"
deathDate: "2021-11-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.18920533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 66
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/TheRealMickRock"
    handle:    "TheRealMickRock"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/therealmickrock/"
    handle:    "therealmickrock"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/therealmickrock"
    handle:    "therealmickrock"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1311186/"
    handle:    "nm1311186"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mickrock.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzBDeVqJwCCdmJkVUHqQwHQ"
    handle:    "@therealmickrock6050"
    followers: 66
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ميك روك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%83"
    title: "ميك روك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D0%BA%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Рок, Мик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick_Rock"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/db9623cc-2066-46b9-97a3-85116887d663"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q339170"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1449920"
    title: "Mick Rock"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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