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Brian McNeill

British singer
Person human Q1946972

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[10]
Date of birth
April 6, 1950
Place of birth
Falkirk
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
singer, fiddler, songwriter, composer, author, musician[9]
Genre
folk rock[11]
Official website
www.brianmcneill.co.uk[14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Family name
McNeill[12]
Given name
Brian[13]
Instrument
violin, fiddle, voice[15][16][17]
Start of work period
1969[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en Brian McNeill ar برايان مكنيل ja ブライアン・マクニール
🔖 Identifiers · 18
ISNI
0000000105352038
VIAF cluster ID
93458904
Library of Congress authority ID
n77012730
GND ID
13485831X
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
BrianMcNeillAug06.jpg ↗
DDB person (GND) ID
13485831X
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
13485831X
Discogs artist ID
1132377
Europeana entity
agent/base/87555
FAST ID
1985963
Freebase ID
/m/01ntwks
MusicBrainz artist ID
f20044fa-4b19-4432-aa5f-65ef6a13707d
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Muziekweb performer ID
M00000029650
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007330298305171
Songkick artist ID
225279
Tidal artist ID
3820969
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJwtmrgrVj8tdd9YtFFHYP
Yale LUX ID
person/6bb018c3-d990-4b94-8a03-dc874e4e90f8

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Summary

Brian McNeill was born on April 6, 1950[1], in Falkirk[2]. He has worked as a singer[3], fiddler[4], songwriter[5], composer[6], and author[7].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Person[20]

  • Country: GB[21]

  • Began / founded: 1950-04-06[22]

  • MusicBrainz ID: f20044fa-4b19-4432-aa5f-65ef6a13707d[23]

FAQs

Where was Brian McNeill born?

Brian McNeill's place of birth was Falkirk[2].

What did Brian McNeill do for work?

Brian McNeill worked as a singer[3], fiddler[4], songwriter[5], composer[6], and author[7].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.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 ↗
    Tidal artist ID → 3820969
    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"
  2. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instrument → violin, fiddle, voice
    Place of birth → Falkirk
    Freebase ID → /m/01ntwks
    Library of Congress authority ID → n77012730
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/32074|batch #32074]]: import P21 and P106 from GND (21)"
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