# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/deon-meyer
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:19:46.483Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/deon-meyer"
name: "Deon Meyer"
slug: "deon-meyer"
description: "Deon Godfrey Meyer is a South African thriller novelist, writing primarily in Afrikaans. His works have been translated into 28 languages. He has also written numerous scripts for television and film."
tagline: "South African crime and thriller author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Deon_Meyer01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1958-07-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.87
  momentum:             0.09282970550576186
  historical:           17.18017466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  238
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2332999/"
    handle:    "nm2332999"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.deonmeyer.com"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديون ماير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديون ماير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC"
    title: "デオン・マイヤー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Мейер, Деон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deon_Meyer"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188244"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1076132"
    title: "Deon Meyer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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