# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-letterman
# Generated: 2026-08-31T20:46:04.016Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-letterman"
name: "David Letterman"
slug: "david-letterman"
description: "David Michael Letterman is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS. In total, Letterman hosted 6,080 episodes of Late Night and Late Show, surpassing his friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late-night talk show host in American television history."
tagline: "American comedian and television host"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Letterman_2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1947-04-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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totalFollowers: 951000
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump