# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-watts
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:00:55.650Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-watts"
name: "Alan Watts"
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description: "Alan Wilson Watts was a British and American writer, speaker, and self-styled \"philosophical entertainer\", known for interpreting and popularising Buddhist, Taoist, and Hindu philosophy for a Western audience."
tagline: "British American author and lecturer (1915–1973)"
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birthDate: "1915-01-06"
deathDate: "1973-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump