# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-clarkin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:29:06.034Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-clarkin"
name: "Tony Clarkin"
slug: "tony-clarkin"
description: "Anthony Michael Clarkin was an English musician, best known as the guitarist of the rock band Magnum. He was the sole songwriter throughout Magnum's history, writing all of the material on their 23 studio albums as well as on two studio albums by Magnum spin-off group Hard Rain. He also produced most of Magnum's albums."
tagline: "British guitarist (1946–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Clarkin_-_Magnum_-_2017.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: "1946-11-24"
deathDate: "2023-01-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.01
  momentum:             6.500000000000001
  historical:           6.64428
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9181900/"
    handle:    "nm9181900"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/497403"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "تونى كلاركين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Clarkin"
    title: "Tony Clarkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Clarkin"
    title: "Tony Clarkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Clarkin"
    title: "Tony Clarkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Clarkin"
    title: "Tony Clarkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Clarkin"
    title: "Tony Clarkin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/cdd84c1f-ca48-4b6a-af53-6425e9d0c839"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3498242"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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