# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-manitoba
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:58:46.041Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-manitoba"
name: "Richard Manitoba"
slug: "richard-manitoba"
description: "Richard Blum, known by his stage name Handsome Dick Manitoba, is an American punk rock musician and radio personality. He was the singer of New York City-based band The Dictators from 1974 to 2008. With The Dictators, Manitoba sang on the albums The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! (1975), Manifest Destiny (1977), Bloodbrothers (1978), and D.F.F.D. (2005)."
tagline: "American punk rock vocalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Handsome_Dick_Manitoba_at_the_2009_Tribeca_Film_Festival.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1954-01-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.06
  momentum:             0.4717421765530126
  historical:           8.414045333333332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 418
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/handsomedickmanitoba/"
    handle:    "handsomedickmanitoba"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/handsomedickmanitoba"
    handle:    "handsomedickmanitoba"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2779819/"
    handle:    "nm2779819"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.manitobas.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3ABOfdA-kMaX0qc-cOi1wg"
    handle:    "@coolbreeze135"
    followers: 418
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/342564"
    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%85%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "ريتشارد مانيتوبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Manitoba"
    title: "Richard Manitoba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Manitoba"
    title: "Richard Manitoba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Manitoba"
    title: "Richard Manitoba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Manitoba"
    title: "Richard Manitoba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Manitoba"
    title: "Richard Manitoba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Manitoba"
    title: "Richard Manitoba"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3cee9641-71e8-462a-8071-71318aed8926"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q444446"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/587126"
    title: "'Handsome Dick' Manitoba"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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