# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stephen-malkmus
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:44:13.338Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stephen-malkmus"
name: "Stephen Malkmus"
slug: "stephen-malkmus"
description: "Stephen Joseph Malkmus is an American musician best known as the primary songwriter, lead singer and guitarist of the indie rock band Pavement. Beginning as a duo, Pavement eventually grew to a quintet. The band released five studio albums before breaking up in 1999."
tagline: "American musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stephen_Malkmus_20050704.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1966-05-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.28383466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0539818/"
    handle:    "nm0539818"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.stephenmalkmus.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ستيفين مالكموس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Stephen Malkmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Malkmus"
    title: "Stephen Malkmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Malkmus"
    title: "Stephen Malkmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Malkmus"
    title: "Stephen Malkmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Malkmus"
    title: "Stephen Malkmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Malkmus"
    title: "Stephen Malkmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%99%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "סטיבן מלקמוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Malkmus"
    title: "Stephen Malkmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AF%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B9"
    title: "スティーヴン・マルクマス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Malkmus"
    title: "Stephen Malkmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Malkmus"
    title: "Stephen Malkmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BA%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%81%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Малкмус, Стивен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Malkmus"
    title: "Stephen Malkmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Malkmus"
    title: "Stephen Malkmus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/eaefd603-84c1-4db4-a72b-0cb718a0cc07"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q282877"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/929955"
    title: "Stephen Malkmus"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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