# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-jonson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:13:35.208Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-jonson"
name: "Ben Jonson"
slug: "ben-jonson"
description: "Ben Jonson was an English actor, poet and playwright. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence on English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays Every Man in His Humour (1598), Volpone, or The Fox, The Alchemist (1610), and Bartholomew Fair (1614), and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. He is regarded as \"the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I.\""
tagline: "English playwright, poet, and actor (1572-1637)"
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  isoCode: "GB"
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birthDate: "1572-06-11"
deathDate: "1637-08-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump