# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-morrell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:54:09.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-morrell"
name: "David Morrell"
slug: "david-morrell"
description: "David Morrell is a Canadian-American author whose debut 1972 novel First Blood, later adapted as the 1982 film of the same name, went on to spawn the successful Rambo franchise starring Sylvester Stallone. He has written 28 novels, and his work has been translated into 30 languages. He also wrote the 2007–2008 Captain America comic book miniseries The Chosen."
tagline: "Canadian writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/DavidMorrellByPhilKonstantin.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-04-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0.68
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0606251"
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    title: "Моррелл, Дэвид"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump