# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-burgos
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:27:31.283Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-burgos"
name: "Carl Burgos"
slug: "carl-burgos"
description: "Carl Burgos was an American comic book and advertising artist best known for creating the original Human Torch in Marvel Comics #1, during the period historians and fans call the Golden Age of comic books."
tagline: "American comic book and advertising artist (1917–1984)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_Burgos_Feb_1950_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1917-04-18"
deathDate: "1984-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.5
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.554573333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Burgos"
    title: "Carl Burgos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%BA%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "كارل بيرغوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "كارل بيرجوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Burgos"
    title: "Carl Burgos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Burgos"
    title: "Carl Burgos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Burgos"
    title: "Carl Burgos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Burgos"
    title: "Carl Burgos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Burgos"
    title: "Carl Burgos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Burgos"
    title: "Carl Burgos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Burgos"
    title: "Carl Burgos"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2012746"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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