# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/vivian-stanshall
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:20:40.517Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/vivian-stanshall"
name: "Vivian Stanshall"
slug: "vivian-stanshall"
description: "Vivian Stanshall was an English singer-songwriter, musician, author, poet and wit, best known for his work with the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, for his exploration of the British upper classes in Sir Henry at Rawlinson End, and for acting as Master of Ceremonies on Mike Oldfield's album Tubular Bells."
tagline: "English musician, artist and author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Vivian_Stanshall_and_Bones%2C_towpath%2C_Shepperton%2C_England%2C_1980.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-03-21"
deathDate: "1995-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.48
  momentum:             3.665394657561761
  historical:           12.11161066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0822702/"
    handle:    "nm0822702"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://gingergeezer.net/"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "فيفيان ستانشال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Stanshall"
    title: "Vivian Stanshall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Stanshall"
    title: "Vivian Stanshall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Stanshall"
    title: "Vivian Stanshall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Stanshall"
    title: "Vivian Stanshall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Stanshall"
    title: "Vivian Stanshall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Stanshall"
    title: "Vivian Stanshall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Stanshall"
    title: "Vivian Stanshall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Stanshall"
    title: "Vivian Stanshall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D1%82%D1%8D%D0%BD%D1%88%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Стэншолл, Вивиан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivian_Stanshall"
    title: "Vivian Stanshall"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Vivian_Stanshall"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1664a967-ed3e-4326-a18f-25df8d8e7a3c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249966"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/112441"
    title: "Vivian Stanshall"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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