# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-wiesner
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:11:03.249Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-wiesner"
name: "David Wiesner"
slug: "david-wiesner"
description: "David Wiesner is an American illustrator and writer of children's books, known best for picture books including some that tell stories without words. As an illustrator he has won three Caldecott Medals recognizing the year's \"most distinguished American picture book for children\" and he was one of five finalists in 2008 for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest recognition available for creators of children's books."
tagline: "American children's illustrator and writer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Wiesner_2011.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1956-02-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.690606666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.hmhbooks.com/wiesner/"
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wiesner"
    title: "David Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديفيد ويزنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%AF_%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%B1"
    title: "ديفيد ويزنر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%8A%E3%83%BC"
    title: "デヴィッド・ウィーズナー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wiesner"
    title: "David Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wiesner"
    title: "David Wiesner"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650991"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump