# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barbara-branden
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:17:51.321Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barbara-branden"
name: "Barbara Branden"
slug: "barbara-branden"
description: "Barbara Joan Branden was a Canadian-American writer, editor, and lecturer, known for her relationship and subsequent break with novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand."
tagline: "Canadian writer (1929-2013)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c8/Barbara_Branden.jpg"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-05-14"
deathDate: "2013-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.05
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.032616
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.barbarabranden.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Barbara Branden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "باربارا براندن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "باربارا براندن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "باربارا براندن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Branden"
    title: "Barbara Branden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Branden"
    title: "Barbara Branden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%86"
    title: "باربارا براندن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_Branden"
    title: "Barbara Branden"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4858770"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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