# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tommy-makem
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:23:12.948Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tommy-makem"
name: "Tommy Makem"
slug: "tommy-makem"
description: "Thomas Makem was an Irish folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, tin whistle, low whistle, guitar, bodhrán and bagpipes, and sang in a distinctive baritone. He was sometimes known as \"The Bard of Armagh\" and \"The Godfather of Irish Music\"."
tagline: "Irish musician, artist and poet (1932–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TommyMakem_DublinOhio.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: "1932-11-04"
deathDate: "2007-08-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.9
  momentum:             2.666860477872611
  historical:           9.27038
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0538481/"
    handle:    "nm0538481"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.makem.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/476062"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85"
    title: "تومى ماكيم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Makem"
    title: "Tommy Makem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Makem"
    title: "Tommy Makem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Makem"
    title: "Tommy Makem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Makem"
    title: "Tommy Makem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Makem"
    title: "Tommy Makem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%86%A0%EB%AF%B8_%EB%A9%94%EC%9D%B4%EC%BB%B4"
    title: "토미 메이컴"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Makem"
    title: "Tommy Makem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Makem"
    title: "Tommy Makem"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ed29f6fa-ca96-47f7-9c7e-b9f2f11f30e4"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1186049"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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