# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sally-timms
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:44:32.464Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sally-timms"
name: "Sally Timms"
slug: "sally-timms"
description: "Sally Ann Timms is an English singer and songwriter. Born in Leeds, England, she now lives in the Chicago area, where she works as a paralegal. She is best known for her long career as co-lead singer for the post-punk band The Mekons which she joined in 1985, and who have been described as \"arguably […] the longest-running of all bands that emerged in the British punk explosion of 1977\"."
tagline: "English singer and lyricist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sally_Timms_performing_with_the_Mekons_at_the_Hideout%2C_Chicago%2C_IL_on_2015.07.13.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
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: "1959-11-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.452838666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/sally.timms.52"
    handle:    "sally.timms.52"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1564404/"
    handle:    "nm1564404"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/1dXJ2h4bN2wFHvKhKOjWXH"
    handle:    "1dXJ2h4bN2wFHvKhKOjWXH"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Timms"
    title: "Sally Timms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/41397aa6-1f3e-4a95-b3a6-6649bdbdbf2a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/277657"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%89_%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3"
    title: "سالى تيمس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Timms"
    title: "Sally Timms"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7405317"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1357849"
    title: "Sally Timms"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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