# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/claude-mckay
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:22:36.970Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/claude-mckay"
name: "Claude McKay"
slug: "claude-mckay"
description: "Festus Claudius \"Claude\" McKay was a Jamaican-American writer and poet. He was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance."
tagline: "Jamaican American writer, poet (1889–1948)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Claude_McKay_James_L._Allen_Portrait_Edit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1889-09-15"
deathDate: "1948-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.21970266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Claude McKay"
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    title: "Claude McKay"
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    title: "Claude McKay"
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    title: "Claude McKay"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump