# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/don-pendleton
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:50:15.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/don-pendleton"
name: "Don Pendleton"
slug: "don-pendleton"
description: "Donald Eugene Pendleton was an American author of fiction and non-fiction books, best known for his creation of the fictional character Mack Bolan, which have sold hundreds of millions of copies worldwide since the character's 1969 debut. Since 1980 the Bolan adventure-espionage books were written by other authors under the Pendleton name, and initially under Pendleton's editorial guidance."
tagline: "American writer (1927–1995)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-12-12"
deathDate: "1995-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.26
  momentum:             3.837209302325583
  historical:           5.695286666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.donpendleton.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pendleton"
    title: "Don Pendleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "دون بندلتون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pendleton"
    title: "Don Pendleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pendleton"
    title: "Don Pendleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pendleton"
    title: "Don Pendleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Pendleton"
    title: "Don Pendleton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2718849"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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