# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-mccarthy
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:41:42.599Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-mccarthy"
name: "Paul McCarthy"
slug: "paul-mccarthy"
description: "Paul McCarthy is an American artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California."
tagline: "American performance and installation artist (born 1945)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paul_McCarthy_%E2%80%94_Westernparade_(ii).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1945-08-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           54.14
  momentum:             3.587999302285017
  historical:           16.68044
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4162879/"
    handle:    "nm4162879"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/458636"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%8A"
    title: "باول مككارثي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AB%D9%89"
    title: "پول مككارثى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D9%84_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%DB%8C"
    title: "پل مک‌کارتی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC_(%E8%8A%B8%E8%A1%93%E5%AE%B6)"
    title: "ポール・マッカーシー (芸術家)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB"
    title: "Маккарти, Пол"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_McCarthy"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bd7edc3c-1409-4076-8211-e6f89b9ef7ac"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q221732"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1793762"
    title: "Paul McCarthy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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