# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ross-wilson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T21:49:30.555Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ross-wilson"
name: "Ross Wilson"
slug: "ross-wilson"
description: "Ross Andrew Wilson is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and producer. He is the co-founder and frontman of the long-standing rock groups Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock, as well as a number of other former bands, in addition to performing solo. He has produced records for bands such as Skyhooks and Jo Jo Zep & the Falcons, as well as for those of his own bands. He appeared as a judge on celebrity singing TV series It Takes Two from 2005. Wilson was individually inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 1989 and again as a member of Daddy Cool in 2006. Ross currently resides in the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne."
tagline: "Australian singer and songwriter (born 1947)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ross_Wilson_(musician)_at_Royal_Theatre%2C_Canberra.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: "1947-11-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.518152
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934075/"
    handle:    "nm0934075"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.rosswilson.com.au/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/614391"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "روس ويلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D9%85%D8%BA%D9%86%D9%8A)"
    title: "روس ويلسون (مغني)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%DA%86%DB%8C)"
    title: "روس ویلسون (شارکیچی)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Wilson_(musician)"
    title: "Ross Wilson (musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8C%D5%B8%D5%BD_%D5%8E%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6_(%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AA%D5%AB%D5%B7%D5%BF)"
    title: "Ռոս Վիլսոն (երաժիշտ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3ba175d1-69ae-4431-84dd-c0c05cd3e946"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7369713"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/214121"
    title: "Ross Wilson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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