# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/clive-james
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:17:01.719Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/clive-james"
name: "Clive James"
slug: "clive-james"
description: "Clive James was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019. He began his career specialising in literary criticism before becoming television critic for The Observer in 1972, where he made his name for his wry, deadpan humour."
tagline: "Australian writer, critic, and broadcaster (1939–2019)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Author_photo_of_Clive_James_by_Brian_Aris_%281986%29.jpg/330px-Author_photo_of_Clive_James_by_Brian_Aris_%281986%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-10-07"
deathDate: "2019-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           14.75880133333333
  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/nm0416380/"
    handle:    "nm0416380"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.clivejames.com"
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    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Clive James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Clive James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_James"
    title: "Clive James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Clive James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Clive James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_James"
    title: "Clive James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_James"
    title: "Clive James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_James"
    title: "Clive James"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_James"
    title: "Clive James"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://es.wikiquote.org/wiki/Clive_James"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump