# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rob-gretton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:06:02.345Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rob-gretton"
name: "Rob Gretton"
slug: "rob-gretton"
description: "Robert Leo Gretton was the manager of Joy Division and New Order. He was partner in and co-director of Factory Records and a founding partner of The Haçienda. For ten years until his death in 1999, Gretton ran his own label, Rob's Records."
tagline: "British music manager (1953–1999)"
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: "1953-01-15"
deathDate: "1999-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.17
  momentum:             3.947368421052631
  historical:           7.750438666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0340416/"
    handle:    "nm0340416"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "روب جريتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Rob Gretton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Gretton"
    title: "Rob Gretton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Gretton"
    title: "Rob Gretton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Gretton"
    title: "Rob Gretton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Gretton"
    title: "Rob Gretton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/41b55fab-da3b-4ecf-a67d-aeeec338a9c5"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q331615"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1705272"
    title: "Rob Gretton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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