# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-meale
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:15:18.327Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-meale"
name: "Richard Meale"
slug: "richard-meale"
description: "Richard Graham Meale, AM MBE FAHA was a highly regarded Australian composer of instrumental works and operas, and an influential music educator."
tagline: "Australian composer (1932–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Meale_at_piano_1972.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1932-08-24"
deathDate: "2009-11-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.271850666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2537442/"
    handle:    "nm2537442"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2089164"
    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%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "ريتشارد ميال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Meale"
    title: "Richard Meale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Meale"
    title: "Richard Meale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Meale"
    title: "Richard Meale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Meale"
    title: "Richard Meale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Meale"
    title: "Richard Meale"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/919fc0b2-a3f1-4103-bd4b-b481250dc77b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2723728"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2971502"
    title: "Richard Meale"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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