# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sean-keane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:13:41.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sean-keane"
name: "Seán Keane"
slug: "sean-keane"
description: "Seán Keane was an Irish fiddler, teacher and member of The Chieftains. He was a member of Ceoltóirí Chualann in the 1960s, before joining The Chieftains in 1968. He had a unique style, especially in his use of ornamentation, perhaps influenced by the music of the uilleann pipes."
tagline: "Irish musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Se%C3%A1n_Keane_2010.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1946-07-12"
deathDate: "2023-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.150685333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0443892/"
    handle:    "nm0443892"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://thechieftains.com/sean-keane"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/255431"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سيان كيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Keane_(Geigenspieler)"
    title: "Seán Keane (Geigenspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Keane_(fiddler)"
    title: "Seán Keane (fiddler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Keane"
    title: "Seán Keane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Keane"
    title: "Seán Keane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Keane"
    title: "Seán Keane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Keane"
    title: "Seán Keane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7be04d0d-7f72-4bbc-9470-578a3d4ecd4f"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326060"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2027761"
    title: "Seán Keane"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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