# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-hicks
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:31:38.916Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-hicks"
name: "Bill Hicks"
slug: "bill-hicks"
description: "William Melvin Hicks was an American stand-up comedian and satirist. His material— encompassing a wide range of social issues including religion, politics, and philosophy— was controversial and often steeped in dark comedy."
tagline: "American comedian (1961–1994)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bill_Hicks_at_the_Laff_Stop_in_Austin%2C_Texas%2C_1991_(2)_cropped.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1961-12-16"
deathDate: "1994-02-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.55
  momentum:             0.08646998982706001
  historical:           24.32772
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382805/"
    handle:    "nm0382805"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.billhicks.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump