# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/suraphol-sombatcharoen
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:49:56.168Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/suraphol-sombatcharoen"
name: "Suraphol Sombatcharoen"
slug: "suraphol-sombatcharoen"
description: "Suraphol Sombatcharoen was a Thai luk thung singer and former Air force officer. Dubbed the \"King of Luk Thung\", he was one of the first and most important stars of the genre. He was fatally shot while seated in his own car after a live performance in Nakhon Pathom."
tagline: "Thai singer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A5_%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%8D.webp?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1930-09-25"
deathDate: "1968-08-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.82
  momentum:             25
  historical:           22.11173866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "Suraphol Sombatcharoen"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Сурапхон Сомбатчарен"
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    title: "Suraphol Sombatcharen"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Suraphol Sombatcharoen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suraphol_Sombatcharoen"
    title: "Suraphol Sombatcharoen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9bbad279-738d-4ac1-b672-d76011526ada"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4922443"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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