# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/neil-hannon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:42:35.106Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/neil-hannon"
name: "Neil Hannon"
slug: "neil-hannon"
description: "Edward Neil Anthony Hannon is a Northern Irish singer and songwriter. He is the founder and frontman of the chamber pop group the Divine Comedy, and is the band's only constant member since its inception in 1989. Hannon wrote the theme tunes for the television sitcoms Father Ted and The IT Crowd, as well as the original songs for the musical film Wonka (2023)."
tagline: "Singer-songwriter from Northern Ireland"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neil_Hannon.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: "1970-11-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.84
  momentum:             6.130248392384314
  historical:           11.18896933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0973252/"
    handle:    "nm0973252"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/2l63iudiU3bT4p94a2hHa4"
    handle:    "2l63iudiU3bT4p94a2hHa4"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "نيل هانون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Neil Hannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Hannon"
    title: "Neil Hannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Hannon"
    title: "Neil Hannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%9C_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "ניל האנון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Hannon"
    title: "Neil Hannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Hannon"
    title: "Neil Hannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D1%8D%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BB"
    title: "Хэннон, Нил"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Hannon"
    title: "Neil Hannon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%84_%DB%81%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%86"
    title: "نیل ہینن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ff966d75-cd76-481e-ae29-b09080beebbe"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2916110"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4466406"
    title: "Neil Hannon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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