# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dougal-dixon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:19:15.815Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dougal-dixon"
name: "Dougal Dixon"
slug: "dougal-dixon"
description: "Dougal Dixon is a Scottish geologist, palaeontologist, educator and author. Dixon has written well over a hundred books on geology and palaeontology, many of them for children, which have been credited with attracting many to the study of the prehistoric animals. Because of his work as a prolific science writer, he has also served as a consultant on dinosaur programmes."
tagline: "British author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dougal_Dixon_TetZooCon_2019.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-03-01"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.54
  momentum:             15
  historical:           14.73063866666667
  currentAttention:     24.68
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2133716/"
    handle:    "nm2133716"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.dougal-dixon.co.uk/"
sources:
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_Dixon"
    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_Dixon"
    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_Dixon"
    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_Dixon"
    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_Dixon"
    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B4%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%A3%D5%A1%D5%AC_%D4%B4%D5%AB%D6%84%D5%BD%D5%B8%D5%B6"
    title: "Դուգալ Դիքսոն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_Dixon"
    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%82%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%82%AF%E3%82%BD%E3%83%B3"
    title: "ドゥーガル・ディクソン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "두갈 딕슨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_Dixon"
    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_Dixon"
    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dougal_Dixon"
    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q257054"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2517083"
    title: "Dougal Dixon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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