# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-murphy-q505692
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:01:51.280Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-murphy-q505692"
name: "Peter Murphy"
slug: "peter-murphy-q505692"
description: "Peter John Joseph Murphy is an English singer and songwriter. He is the vocalist for the post-punk band Bauhaus, which he co-founded with Daniel Ash in 1978. After Bauhaus disbanded, Murphy formed Dalis Car with Japan's bassist Mick Karn and released one album, The Waking Hour (1984). He went on to release a number of solo albums, including Should the World Fail to Fall Apart (1986) and Love Hysteria (1988)."
tagline: "English rock vocalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Peter-murphy-kyoto-sf-np.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: "1957-07-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.652644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "petermurphyinfo"
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    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/petermurphyofficial/"
    handle:    "petermurphyofficial"
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    handle:    "nm0614626"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Murphy (muzyk)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Murphy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Peter Murphy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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