# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-herbert
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:56:36.510Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-herbert"
name: "Don Herbert"
slug: "don-herbert"
description: "Donald Jeffry Herbert, better known as Mr. Wizard, was an American television host. He was the creator and host of Watch Mr. Wizard and Mr. Wizard's World (1983–1990), which were educational television programs for children devoted to science and technology. He also produced many short video programs about science and authored several popular books about science for children. It was said that no fictional hero was able to rival the popularity and longevity of \"the friendly, neighborly scientist\". In Herbert's obituary, Bill Nye wrote, \"Herbert's techniques and performances helped create the United States' first generation of homegrown rocket scientists just in time to respond to Sputnik. He sent us to the moon. He changed the world.\" Herbert is credited with turning \"a generation of youth\" in the 1950s and early 1960s on to \"the promise and perils of science\"."
tagline: "American television host (1917–2007)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Don_Herbert_1971.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: "1917-07-10"
deathDate: "2007-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.71
  momentum:             3.333333333333333
  historical:           5.569662666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378532/"
    handle:    "nm0378532"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Herbert"
    title: "Don Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "دون هربرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "دون هربرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Herbert"
    title: "Don Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Herbert"
    title: "Don Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3713541"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1233202"
    title: "Don Herbert"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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