# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rankin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:41:32.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rankin"
name: "Rankin"
slug: "rankin"
description: "John Rankin Waddell, known as Rankin, is a British photographer and director who has photographed, amongst other subjects, Björk, Kate Moss, Madonna, David Bowie and Queen Elizabeth II."
tagline: "British portrait and fashion photographer and director (1966- )"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rankin_at_SXSW_London_June_2025.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1966"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.241441333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/rankinphoto"
    handle:    "rankinphoto"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/rankinarchive/"
    handle:    "rankinarchive"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/RankinPhotographyLtd"
    handle:    "RankinPhotographyLtd"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1551491/"
    handle:    "nm1551491"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://rankinphoto.co.uk"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2246531"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "رانكين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin_(Fotograf)"
    title: "Rankin (Fotograf)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin_(photographer)"
    title: "Rankin (photographer)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Rankin_Waddell"
    title: "John Rankin Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankin_(foto%C4%9Fraf%C3%A7%C4%B1)"
    title: "Rankin (fotoğrafçı)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/feff1b51-4990-4d5c-816f-0a57085dff82"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1255986"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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