# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/danny-thomas
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:33:55.036Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/danny-thomas"
name: "Danny Thomas"
slug: "danny-thomas"
description: "Amos Muzyad Yaqoob Kairouz, known professionally as Danny Thomas, was an American entertainer, producer, and philanthropist. After launching his career in the 1940s in radio and cinema, he created and starred in the 1953–1964 television sitcom Make Room for Daddy / The Danny Thomas Show, and went on to produce a number of successful television programs. In 1962, he leveraged his celebrity status to establish St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a leading center in pediatrics research and treatment, with a focus on pediatric cancer. He was the father of Marlo Thomas, Terre Thomas, and Tony Thomas."
tagline: "American actor, comedian, and humanitarian of Lebanese parentage (1912–1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Danny_Thomas_Marjorie_Lord_1957.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1912-01-06"
deathDate: "1991-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.854591967396952
  historical:           21.64133733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0858683/"
    handle:    "nm0858683"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump