# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/seth-lakeman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T13:59:43.053Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/seth-lakeman"
name: "Seth Lakeman"
slug: "seth-lakeman"
description: "Seth Bernard Lakeman is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, who is most often associated with the fiddle and tenor guitar, but also plays the viola and banjo. Nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize, Lakeman has belonged to several musical ensembles, including one with his two brothers, fellow folk musicians Sam Lakeman and Sean Lakeman, but has most recently established himself as a solo act. He is recognized as a fiddle-singing pioneer."
tagline: "English folk singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Seth_Lakeman_2009-04-25.jpg?width=1200"
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: "1977-03-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.03
  momentum:             5.269121813031162
  historical:           7.536434666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2041868/"
    handle:    "nm2041868"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.sethlakeman.co.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/924711"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%AB_%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "سيث لاكيمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Lakeman"
    title: "Seth Lakeman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Lakeman"
    title: "Seth Lakeman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Lakeman"
    title: "Seth Lakeman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Lakeman"
    title: "Seth Lakeman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Lakeman"
    title: "Seth Lakeman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7f783b40-1685-4603-b2ce-16c52ba82d8e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1131249"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1262246"
    title: "Seth Lakeman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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