# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shane-macgowan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:39:30.216Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shane-macgowan"
name: "Shane MacGowan"
slug: "shane-macgowan"
description: "Shane Patrick Lysaght MacGowan was an English-born Irish singer-songwriter, musician, and poet. Best known as the original lead vocalist and primary lyricist of Celtic punk band the Pogues, MacGowan was an acclaimed songwriter whose lyrics often focused on the Irish emigrant experience. He also received widespread media attention for his personal life, which included decades of heavy alcohol and drug abuse."
tagline: "Anglo-Irish singer-songwriter (1957–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shane-MacGowan.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: "1957-12-25"
deathDate: "2023-11-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.91
  momentum:             0.3001383516390435
  historical:           23.04661333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0532287/"
    handle:    "nm0532287"
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    handle:    "68lZHeroea1NAuEDsfBUjv"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.shanemacgowan.com"
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    title: "Shane MacGowan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump