# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/al-jean
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:05:04.877Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/al-jean"
name: "Al Jean"
slug: "al-jean"
description: "Alfred Ernest Jean III is an American screenwriter and producer. Jean is well known for his work on The Simpsons. He was raised near Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Harvard University in 1981. Jean began his writing career in the 1980s with fellow Harvard alum Mike Reiss. Together, they worked as writers and producers on television shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, ALF and It's Garry Shandling's Show."
tagline: "American television writer and producer (born 1961)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Al_Jean_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1961-01-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           52.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           18.16376933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/AlJean"
    handle:    "AlJean"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0419830/"
    handle:    "nm0419830"
sources:
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    title: "Al Jean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Al Jean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jean"
    title: "Al Jean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jean"
    title: "Al Jean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Al Jean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jean"
    title: "Al Jean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jean"
    title: "Al Jean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "アル・ジーン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "앨 진"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Al Jean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jean"
    title: "Al Jean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Al Jean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2829373"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "Al Jean"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump