# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-farrar-browne
# Generated: 2026-08-15T16:29:26.251Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-farrar-browne"
name: "Charles Farrar Browne"
slug: "charles-farrar-browne"
description: "Charles Farrar Browne was an American humor writer, better known under his nom de plume, Artemus Ward. Ward was the character of an illiterate rube with \"Yankee common sense\", whom Browne also played in public performances. He is considered to be America's first stand-up comedian. His birth name was Brown but he added the \"e\" after he became famous."
tagline: "American writer (1834–1867)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/ArtemusWard.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1834-04-26"
deathDate: "1867-03-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.18
  momentum:             15
  historical:           9.693234666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Farrar_Browne"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B2_%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "تشارلز فارار برون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Farrar_Browne"
    title: "Charles Farrar Browne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Farrar_Browne"
    title: "Charles Farrar Browne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Farrar_Browne"
    title: "Charles Farrar Browne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Farrar_Browne"
    title: "Charles Farrar Browne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Farrar_Browne"
    title: "Charles Farrar Browne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Farrar_Browne"
    title: "Charles Farrar Browne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Farrar_Browne"
    title: "Charles Farrar Browne"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%B3_%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A4%D9%86"
    title: "چارلس فرار براؤن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Artemus_Ward"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Artemus_Ward"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1064338"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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