Simon Neil

Scottish singer, guitarist and songwriter

Person Human Q2888368

Facts

16 properties

Instance of: human
Sex or gender: male^[10]
Date of birth: August 31, 1979
Place of birth: Irvine
Country of citizenship: United Kingdom^[6]
Occupation: singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist
Educated at: Prestwick Academy, Queen Margaret University^[7]^[8]
Genre: alternative rock^[11]
Official website: www.biffyclyro.com^[15]
Languages spoken, written or signed: English^[18]
Family name: Neil^[13]
Given name: Simon^[14]
Instrument: guitar, voice^[16]^[17]
Member of: Biffy Clyro^[9]
Record label: Beggars Banquet Records^[12]
Start of work period: 1995^[19]

🏷️ Also known as

en Simon Alexander Neil en Simon Neil ar سيمون نيل es Simon Alexander Neil fi Simon Alexander Neil he סיימון ניל ru Нейл, Саймон ru Саймон Нейл

🔖 Identifiers · 19

VIAF cluster ID: 59147094981125080297
GND ID: 1109894295
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Simon neil.jpg ↗
AllMusic artist ID: mn0000728743
BBC Things ID: fa2ad51e-6585-4973-a7a0-a1772f3fdc7b
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID: 1109894295
Discogs artist ID: 366661
Europeana entity: agent/base/93473
Freebase ID: /m/01wk2yg
Gazetteer for Scotland person ID: 4449
Google Arts & Culture entity ID: m01wk2yg
MusicBrainz artist ID: d534289a-b068-485c-adfc-86f9763a5b6a

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Podchaser creator ID: 107aNG6hCo
Prabook ID: 1891202
Rate Your Music artist ID: simon_neil
SBN author ID: DDSV182068
SecondHandSongs artist ID: 63439
Tidal artist ID: 6128645
WorldCat Entities ID: E39PBJwRRmqgDjp4XKpJKYdvpP

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🔗 Connections

Mb:lyricist 8

Many of Horror, Many of Horror, Justboy, Justboy, Mountains, Mountains, Saturday Superhouse, Saturday Superhouse

Mb:composer 6

Many of Horror, Many of Horror, Mountains, Mountains, Saturday Superhouse, Saturday Superhouse

Occupation 3

singer, singer-songwriter, guitarist

Belongs to 2

Biffy Clyro, Marmaduke Duke

Instrument 2

guitar, voice

Mb:writer 2

Biblical (song), Biblical (song)

Country of citizenship 1

United Kingdom

Educated at 1

Queen Margaret University

Genre 1

alternative rock

Given name 1

Simon

Instance of 1

human

Languages spoken, written or signed 1

English

Mb:member of band 1

Biffy Clyro

Member of 1

Biffy Clyro

Place of birth 1

Irvine

Record label 1

Beggars Banquet Records

Sex or gender 1

male

← Lyricist 1

Many of Horror

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Summary

Simon Neil was born on August 31, 1979^[1], in Irvine^[2]. He has worked as a singer^[3], singer-songwriter^[4], and guitarist^[5].

FAQs

Where was Simon Neil born?

Simon Neil was born in Irvine^[2].

What did Simon Neil do for work?

Simon Neil worked as a singer^[3], singer-songwriter^[4], and guitarist^[5].

Where did Simon Neil go to school?

Simon Neil was educated at Prestwick Academy^[7] and Queen Margaret University^[8].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Simon Neil — place of birth (P19): Irvine. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Simon Neil — sex or gender (P21): male. Integrated Authority File. Retrieved 2026-07-21. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Simon Neil — country of citizenship (P27): United Kingdom. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Simon Neil — educated at (P69): Prestwick Academy. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Simon Neil — educated at (P69): Queen Margaret University. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Simon Neil — occupation (P106): singer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Simon Neil — occupation (P106): singer-songwriter. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Simon Neil — occupation (P106): guitarist. Retrieved 2019-06-24. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Simon Neil — genre (P136): alternative rock. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Simon Neil — record label (P264): Beggars Banquet Records. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Simon Neil — member of (P463): Biffy Clyro. wikidata.org.
[1] ↑ Simon Neil — date of birth (P569): August 31, 1979. Discogs. Retrieved 2017-10-09. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Simon Neil — family name (P734): Neil. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Simon Neil — given name (P735): Simon. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Simon Neil — official website (P856): https://www.biffyclyro.com/. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Simon Neil — instrument (P1303): guitar. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Simon Neil — instrument (P1303): voice. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Simon Neil — languages spoken, written or signed (P1412): English. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Simon Neil — start of work period (P2031): 1995. wikidata.org.

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Tidal artist ID → 6128645

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