# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alan-weisman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:38:40.645Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alan-weisman"
name: "Alan Weisman"
slug: "alan-weisman"
description: "Alan H. Weisman is an American author, professor and journalist."
tagline: "American writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Alan_Weisman_at_Powell's_Books.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-03-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.96
  momentum:             6.599717391837035
  historical:           15.56076533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2758037/"
    handle:    "nm2758037"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آلان فايسمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alan Weisman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Weisman"
    title: "Alan Weisman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Weisman"
    title: "Alan Weisman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Weisman"
    title: "Alan Weisman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "آلن ویسمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Alan Weisman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Weisman"
    title: "Alan Weisman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Weisman"
    title: "Alan Weisman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Weisman"
    title: "Alan Weisman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "앨런 와이즈먼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Weisman"
    title: "Alan Weisman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "艾伦·韦斯曼"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q720561"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1230127"
    title: "Alan Weisman"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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