# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/alistair-maclean
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:25:49.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/alistair-maclean"
name: "Alistair MacLean"
slug: "alistair-maclean"
description: "Alistair Stuart MacLean was a Scottish novelist, who wrote popular thrillers and adventure stories. His books are estimated to have sold over 150 million copies, making him one of the best-selling fiction authors of all time."
tagline: "Scottish novelist (1922–1987)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/92/AlistairMacLean.JPG"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1922-04-21"
deathDate: "1987-02-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  historical:           23.795908
  currentAttention:     9.840000000000002
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump