# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/a-j-jacobs
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:15:02.833Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/a-j-jacobs"
name: "A. J. Jacobs"
slug: "a-j-jacobs"
description: "Arnold Stephen Jacobs Jr., commonly called A.J. Jacobs, is an American journalist, author, and lecturer best known for writing about his lifestyle experiments. He is an editor at large for Esquire and has worked for the Antioch Daily Ledger and Entertainment Weekly."
tagline: "American journalist and author"
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country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1968-03-20"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump