# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paddy-mcaloon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:11:03.377Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paddy-mcaloon"
name: "Paddy McAloon"
slug: "paddy-mcaloon"
description: "Patrick Joseph McAloon is an English singer-songwriter and a founder of the band Prefab Sprout."
tagline: "English singer-songwriter and musician"
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: "1957-06-07"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.07
  momentum:             4.101506456241033
  historical:           9.483068
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0564018/"
    handle:    "nm0564018"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/254723"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بادى ماكالون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_McAloon"
    title: "Paddy McAloon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_McAloon"
    title: "Paddy McAloon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_McAloon"
    title: "Paddy McAloon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_McAloon"
    title: "Paddy McAloon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_McAloon"
    title: "Paddy McAloon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paddy_McAloon"
    title: "Paddy McAloon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%DA%88%DB%8C_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "پیڈی میک الون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/6cd2444e-b661-4b5e-beb4-efc55077de5a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q556984"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5545894"
    title: "Paddy McAloon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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