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Gruff Rhys

Welsh musician and filmmaker
Person human Q3050590

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[12]
Date of birth
July 18, 1970
Place of birth
Haverfordwest
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[8]
Occupation
singer, songwriter, film director, composer, musician, guitarist[9]
Educated at
Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen[10]
Award received
Welsh Music Prize[11]
Genre
alternative rock[13]
Official website
www.gruffrhys.com[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Instrument
guitar, voice[16][17]
Name in native language
Gruff Rhys[20]
P14750
4620-51C1-0124-BE9F-C222
Record label
Rough Trade[14]
Social media followers
36k (32k–36k, n=4)[22][23][24][25]
Start of work period
1988[21]
Topic has template
Template:Gruff Rhys[19]
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 56
ISNI
0000000110351734
VIAF cluster ID
2246684, 231453596
Library of Congress authority ID
no2007060606
GND ID
1079303049
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Gruff Rhys.jpg ↗
AZLyrics.com artist ID
g/gruffrhys
Acharts.co artist ID
gruff_rhys
Album of the Year artist ID
1597
AllMovie person ID
p585717
AllMusic artist ID
mn0000552004
AlloCiné person ID
473787
BBC Things ID
511f4cdc-f42b-4ebf-a9ae-c905f3656b9d
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BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
RhysGruff1970-
Bandcamp profile ID
gruffrhys
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
166336481
Billboard artist ID
gruff-rhys
CONOR.SI ID
180866659
Deezer artist ID
17263
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
1079303049
Discogs artist ID
105594
Europeana entity
agent/base/61326
FAST ID
1948845
Facebook username
gruffingtonpost
Film.ru person ID
gruff-rhys
Freebase ID
/m/014k2p
IMDb ID
nm1797636
IdRef ID
171124170
Instagram username
gruffingtonpost
Ivi person ID
gruff-riz
Kinobox person ID
948342
Kinopoisk person ID
677095
Laut.de artist ID
Gruff-Rhys
Los Angeles Review of Books author ID
gruff-rhys
LyricsTranslate ID
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MovieMeter person ID
1288806
MusicBrainz artist ID
254caf14-7b63-47d1-aa9f-acc7cb541814
Muziekweb performer ID
M00000208093
Myspace ID
candylionmusic
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5036329
National Library of Wales Authority ID
rhys-gruff
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp123371
Open Library ID
OL7598863A
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100419129
PORT person ID
533208
Pitchfork artist ID
3657-gruff-rhys
Podchaser creator ID
107a98ibCq
Rate Your Music artist ID
gruff_rhys
SNARC ID
Wikidata item
Songkick artist ID
210110
TMDB person ID
1288806
The Guardian topic ID
music/gruff-rhys
Tidal artist ID
3566067
WorldCat Entities ID
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X (Twitter) username
gruffingtonpost
Yale LUX ID
person/99266003-7d97-4058-9913-9ab415833499
ČSFD person ID
115351

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🔗 Connections
Mb:performer of 10
The Terror of Cosmic Loneliness, American Interior, Babelsberg, Candylion, Dim Probs, Hotel Shampoo, Sadness Sets Me Free, Set Fire to the Stars +2 more
Mb:writer 6
Do or Die, Do or Die, Juxtapozed with U, Juxtapozed with U, Northern Lites, Northern Lites
Mb:member of band 3
Super Furry Animals, Neon Neon, Ffa Coffi Pawb
Occupation 3
singer, film director, songwriter
Instrument 2
guitar, voice
Award received 1
Welsh Music Prize
Belongs to 1
Super Furry Animals
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Genre 1
alternative rock
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Haverfordwest
Record label 1
Rough Trade
Sex or gender 1
male
← Performer 1
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Summary

Gruff Rhys was born on July 18, 1970[1], in Haverfordwest[2]. He has worked as a singer[3], songwriter[4], film director[5], composer[6], and musician[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[26]

  • Country: GB[27]

  • Began / founded: 1970-07-18[28]

  • Genre(s): indie folk, indie pop[29]

  • Community tags: british, indie, indie folk, indie pop, uk, welsh[30]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 254caf14-7b63-47d1-aa9f-acc7cb541814[31]

FAQs

Where was Gruff Rhys born?

Gruff Rhys was born in Haverfordwest[2].

What did Gruff Rhys do for work?

Gruff Rhys worked as a singer[3], songwriter[4], film director[5], composer[6], and musician[7].

Where did Gruff Rhys go to school?

Gruff Rhys was educated at Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen[10].

What awards did Gruff Rhys receive?

Honors received include Welsh Music Prize[11].

Related Entities

United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  18. [18] ↑ . CONOR.SI. wikidata.org.
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  25. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [26] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [27] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Nicereddy · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 5w ago · DifoolBot bot · 2026-10-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  3. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  4. 24w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Ysgol Dyffryn Ogwen
    Languages spoken, written or signed → English
    Genre → alternative rock
    Educated at → —
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