# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/val-doonican
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:47:15.624Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/val-doonican"
name: "Val Doonican"
slug: "val-doonican"
description: "Michael Valentine 'Val' Doonican was an Irish singer of traditional pop, easy listening and novelty songs, noted for his warm and relaxed vocal style."
tagline: "Irish male singer (1927–2015)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Val_Doonican.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1927-02-03"
deathDate: "2015-07-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.17
  momentum:             1.981132075471698
  historical:           9.622114666666668
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0233258/"
    handle:    "nm0233258"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.valdoonican.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/254136"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ڤال دونيكان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86"
    title: "ول دونیکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Doonican"
    title: "Val Doonican"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Doonican"
    title: "Val Doonican"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Doonican"
    title: "Val Doonican"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%86"
    title: "ول دونیکن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Doonican"
    title: "Val Doonican"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Doonican"
    title: "Val Doonican"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Doonican"
    title: "Val Doonican"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4f1ea6eb-6f06-4a0a-9448-b20c84dbe470"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2311286"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1226087"
    title: "Val Doonican"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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