# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-shaw
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:43:51.624Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-shaw"
name: "Bob Shaw"
slug: "bob-shaw"
description: "Robert Shaw was a science fiction writer and fan from Northern Ireland, noted for his originality and wit. He won the Hugo Award for Best Fan Writer in 1979 and 1980. His short story \"Light of Other Days\" was a Hugo Award nominee in 1967, as was his novel The Ragged Astronauts in 1987."
tagline: "Irish science fiction writer (1931–1996)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d6/Bobshawwriter.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-12-31"
deathDate: "1996-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.14
  momentum:             0
  historical:           17.50691466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "بوب شو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Боб Шоу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Shaw"
    title: "Bob Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Shaw"
    title: "Bob Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Shaw"
    title: "Bob Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Shaw"
    title: "Bob Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Shaw"
    title: "Bob Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Shaw"
    title: "Bob Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Shaw_(scrittore)"
    title: "Bob Shaw (scrittore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ボブ・ショウ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Shaw_(sciencefictionschrijver)"
    title: "Bob Shaw (sciencefictionschrijver)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Шоу, Боб"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Bob Shaw"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Боб Шоу"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "鲍勃·肖"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q649014"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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