# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ben-kane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T04:32:35.124Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ben-kane"
name: "Ben Kane"
slug: "ben-kane"
description: "Ben Kane is an Irish novelist who specialises in historical fiction. Born in Kenya, he grew up there and in Ireland. He attended school at St. Mary's College, Dundalk, County Louth, and later studied veterinary medicine at University College Dublin, graduating in 1992."
tagline: "Novelist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pyrkon_2019_Ben_Kane.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1970"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49
  momentum:             3.033707865168541
  historical:           9.466816
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/benkanewrites/"
    handle:    "benkanewrites"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/benkanebooks"
    handle:    "benkanebooks"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6788402/"
    handle:    "nm6788402"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.benkane.net"
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ben_Kane"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بين كاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "بين كاين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Бен Кейн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kane"
    title: "Ben Kane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kane"
    title: "Ben Kane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kane"
    title: "Ben Kane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kane"
    title: "Ben Kane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kane"
    title: "Ben Kane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Kane"
    title: "Ben Kane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4885974"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4610834"
    title: "Ben Kane"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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