# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-h-kirk
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:04:06.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-h-kirk"
name: "Richard H. Kirk"
slug: "richard-h-kirk"
description: "Richard Harold Kirk was an English composer, musician and producer. He is best known for his work in electronic music, and for co-founding the influential music group Cabaret Voltaire in 1973 with Chris Watson and Stephen Mallinder."
tagline: "English musician (1956–2021)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Richard_H_Kirk_DJ_at_Music_For_Real_Airports_Project_2010-04-24_(cropped).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: "1956-03-21"
deathDate: "2021-09-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.51
  momentum:             2.81195884219482
  historical:           10.85792933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1425215/"
    handle:    "nm1425215"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.richardhkirk.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%83"
    title: "ريتشارد كيرك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Kirk"
    title: "Richard H. Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Kirk"
    title: "Richard H. Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Kirk"
    title: "Richard H. Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Kirk"
    title: "Richard H. Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Kirk"
    title: "Richard H. Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Kirk"
    title: "Richard H. Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%BA%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_(%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%B7%D1%8B%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)"
    title: "Кирк, Ричард (музыкант)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Kirk"
    title: "Richard H. Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Kirk"
    title: "Richard H. Kirk"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/39fe04bf-ba1a-481d-9836-b96beb549033"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547635"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1569449"
    title: "Richard H. Kirk"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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