# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/budd-hopkins
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:45:17.139Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/budd-hopkins"
name: "Budd Hopkins"
slug: "budd-hopkins"
description: "Elliot Budd Hopkins was an American artist, author, and ufologist. He was a prominent figure in alien abduction phenomena and related UFO research."
tagline: "American UFO researcher, painter and sculptor (1931-2011)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Budd_Hopkins%2C_Rome%2C_1997.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1931-06-15"
deathDate: "2011-08-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.52
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.62102933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0394127/"
    handle:    "nm0394127"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.intrudersfoundation.org/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "بود هوبكينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins"
    title: "Budd Hopkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins"
    title: "Budd Hopkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins"
    title: "Budd Hopkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins"
    title: "Budd Hopkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins"
    title: "Budd Hopkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins"
    title: "Budd Hopkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins"
    title: "Budd Hopkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins"
    title: "Budd Hopkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins"
    title: "Budd Hopkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins"
    title: "Budd Hopkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budd_Hopkins"
    title: "Budd Hopkins"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2641808"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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