# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-humphreys
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:00:32.664Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-humphreys"
name: "Paul Humphreys"
slug: "paul-humphreys"
description: "Paul David Humphreys is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He is best known as the keyboardist and secondary vocalist of the electronic band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD), which he founded alongside lead vocalist and bassist Andy McCluskey in 1978. The Quietus remarked, \"If, roughly speaking, McCluskey is the intellect and inquisitive nature in the group, then Humphreys is the heart.\" The pair have been recognised as pioneers of electronic music."
tagline: "English singer, songwriter and musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_Humphreys_2008.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: "1960-02-27"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.62
  momentum:             9.835102099040972
  historical:           10.30196266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0402077/"
    handle:    "nm0402077"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "باول همفريز (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%85%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "باول همفريز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%87%D9%85%D9%81%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B2_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "باول همفریز (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Humphreys"
    title: "Paul Humphreys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Humphreys"
    title: "Paul Humphreys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Humphreys"
    title: "Paul Humphreys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Humphreys"
    title: "Paul Humphreys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Humphreys"
    title: "Paul Humphreys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Humphreys"
    title: "Paul Humphreys"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/b1d4c213-3e16-471a-a830-2b7efb961599"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q368348"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5798489"
    title: "Paul Humphreys"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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