# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/stuart-braithwaite
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:08:55.610Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/stuart-braithwaite"
name: "Stuart Braithwaite"
slug: "stuart-braithwaite"
description: "Stuart Leslie Braithwaite is a Scottish musician, singer and songwriter. He is the guitarist of post-rock band Mogwai, with whom he has recorded ten studio albums. He is also a member of the British alternative rock supergroups Minor Victories and Silver Moth. He has used the name Plasmatron in the credits of Mogwai's debut album Mogwai Young Team, as a social media handle, and as the name of his signature guitar pedal."
tagline: "Scottish musician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Stuart_Braithwaite_(2011)_CROPPED.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: "1976-05-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.18
  momentum:             1.606029106029106
  historical:           7.547054666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/plasmatron"
    handle:    "plasmatron"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8165172/"
    handle:    "nm8165172"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/295737"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "ستيوارت بريثويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%AA"
    title: "ستيوارت بريثويت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Braithwaite"
    title: "Stuart Braithwaite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Braithwaite"
    title: "Stuart Braithwaite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Braithwaite"
    title: "Stuart Braithwaite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuart_Braithwaite"
    title: "Stuart Braithwaite"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/02739636-18fe-484f-8ef3-63b145125297"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7626355"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1206726"
    title: "Stuart Braithwaite"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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