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Aly Bain

Scottish fiddler
Person human Q450214

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[8]
Date of birth
May 15, 1946
Place of birth
Lerwick
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[4]
Occupation
fiddler
Award received
Member of the Order of the British Empire, honorary doctorate[5][6]
Genre
traditional folk music[9]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[15]
Family name
Bain[10]
Given name
Aly[11]
Instrument
violin, fiddle[12][13]
Member of
Aly Bain & Phil Cunningham[7]
Partner in business or sport
Phil Cunningham[14]
Start of work period
1968[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Aly Bain ja アリー・ベイン ja アリ・ベイン ru Эли Бэйн
🔖 Identifiers · 28
ISNI
0000000363721350
VIAF cluster ID
225239583
Library of Congress authority ID
n99024831
GND ID
119280108
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ali Bain, Cambridge Folk Festival 50th Anniversary (14851529023).jpg ↗
BBC Things ID
55167666-c7da-4a81-b073-ffa4234ce45e
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
140494166
British Comedy Guide person ID
aly_bain
Deezer artist ID
413943
Discogs artist ID
340552
Europeana entity
agent/base/69335
FAST ID
431454
Show all 28 identifiers +16
Fandango person ID
36446
Film.ru person ID
eli-beyn
Freebase ID
/m/01p6yw2
Gazetteer for Scotland person ID
1602
IMDb ID
nm0047683
Last.fm ID
Aly
MusicBrainz artist ID
191675d4-909d-42a4-893a-7e8070510c99
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000030586
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
108602249
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095441500
SNAC ARK ID
w65b0rj3
Songkick artist ID
395200
TMDB person ID
1429149
Tidal artist ID
8944
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJfRDbj6W9fv3XbDhQFMyd
Yale LUX ID
person/fbb8b465-ae50-4988-9e7c-3dabc74dfe2b

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🔗 Connections
Award received 2
honorary doctorate, Member of the Order of the British Empire
Instrument 2
violin, fiddle
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Genre 1
traditional folk music
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Mb:member of band 1
The Boys of the Lough
Mb:performer of 1
Jazz at Berlin Philharmonic VI: Celtic Roots
Partner in business or sport 1
Phil Cunningham
Place of birth 1
Lerwick
Sex or gender 1
male
← Partner in business or sport 1
Phil Cunningham
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Summary

Aly Bain was born on May 15, 1946[1], in Lerwick[2]. He has worked as a fiddler[3].

FAQs

Where was Aly Bain born?

Aly Bain's place of birth was Lerwick[2].

What did Aly Bain do for work?

Aly Bain worked as a fiddler[3].

What awards did Aly Bain receive?

Honors received include Member of the Order of the British Empire[5] and honorary doctorate[6].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . www5.open.ac.uk. www5.open.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . SNAC. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Deezer artist ID → 413943
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63224|batch #63224]]: Import Deezer artist ID from MusicBrainz via its artist ID in Wikidata. Also matched on name. Part1: imp"
  2. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 8944
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/63220|batch #63220]]: Import Tidal artist ID from MusicBrainz, also matching on name. Part1.: import Tidal artist ID (P4576) f"
  3. 13w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → —
    Part of → —
    Place of birth → Lerwick
    Award received → Member of the Order of the British Empire, honorary doctorate
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46035|batch #46035]]: switch P361 to P463 for humans (bis)"
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