# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wild-man-fischer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T22:46:02.816Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wild-man-fischer"
name: "Wild Man Fischer"
slug: "wild-man-fischer"
description: "Lawrence Wayne \"Wild Man\" Fischer was an American street performer known for offering erratic, a cappella performances of \"new kinds of songs\" for a dime on the beaches of Los Angeles County and the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. Most of his life was spent homeless or institutionalized, and he later became regarded as \"the godfather of outsider music\"."
tagline: "American musician (1944-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Wild_man_fisher.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: "1944-11-06"
deathDate: "2011-06-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.91
  momentum:             10.94697729364414
  historical:           12.13863066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1736926/"
    handle:    "nm1736926"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "وايلد مان فيشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B4%D8%B1"
    title: "وايلد مان فيشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وایلد من فیشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Man_Fischer"
    title: "Wild Man Fischer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Man_Fischer"
    title: "Wild Man Fischer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Man_Fischer"
    title: "Wild Man Fischer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Man_Fischer"
    title: "Wild Man Fischer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%86_%D9%81%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%B1"
    title: "وایلد من فیشر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Man_Fischer"
    title: "Wild Man Fischer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Man_Fischer"
    title: "Wild Man Fischer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Man_Fischer"
    title: "Wild Man Fischer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Man_Fischer"
    title: "Wild Man Fischer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/12858cbb-5f50-442f-870a-adbcf3e880dd"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q204523"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/938769"
    title: "Wild Man Fischer"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump