# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/allan-nairn
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:32:31.684Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/allan-nairn"
name: "Allan Nairn"
slug: "allan-nairn"
description: "Allan Nairn is an American investigative journalist. He was imprisoned by Indonesian military forces under United States-backed strongman Suharto while reporting in East Timor. His writings have focused on U.S. foreign policy in such countries as Haiti, Guatemala, Indonesia, and East Timor."
tagline: "American journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Allen_nairn_5253422.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1956"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           41.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.016596
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4507548/"
    handle:    "nm4507548"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.allannairn.org/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Allan_Nairn"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "آلان نيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Nairn"
    title: "Allan Nairn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Nairn"
    title: "Allan Nairn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Nairn"
    title: "Allan Nairn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Nairn"
    title: "Allan Nairn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Nairn"
    title: "Allan Nairn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q326202"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3808406"
    title: "Allan Nairn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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