# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phil-may-q2085683
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:57:09.436Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phil-may-q2085683"
name: "Phil May"
slug: "phil-may-q2085683"
description: "Philip Dennis Arthur May was an English vocalist. He gained fame in the 1960s as the lead singer of The Pretty Things, of which he was a founding member. May remained a member throughout the band's changing line-up over the years, and was one of the band's main lyricists. He was the primary lyricist for the album S.F. Sorrow."
tagline: "British singer (1944-2020)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phil_May_-_Pretty_Things_do_Saltburn_5_(9973427724).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: "1944-11-09"
deathDate: "2020-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.79057333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562098/"
    handle:    "nm0562098"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/520399"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "فيل ماي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_May_(S%C3%A4nger)"
    title: "Phil May (Sänger)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_May_(singer)"
    title: "Phil May (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_May"
    title: "Phil May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_May"
    title: "Phil May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_May_(chanteur)"
    title: "Phil May (chanteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_May"
    title: "Phil May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_May_(singer)"
    title: "Phil May (singer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_May"
    title: "Phil May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_May"
    title: "Phil May"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/84e882b6-3e99-43be-a2bb-ebffd83aa4c8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2085683"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3050254"
    title: "Phil May"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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