# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/douglas-adams
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:03:04.754Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/douglas-adams"
name: "Douglas Adams"
slug: "douglas-adams"
description: "Douglas Noël Adams was an English author, humourist, and screenwriter. He was best known as the creator of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a 1978 radio comedy series which he adapted into a \"trilogy\" of five books that sold over 14 million copies in his lifetime. He also adapted it into a 1981 television series, a 1984 video game and a 2005 feature film."
tagline: "British science fiction writer and humorist (1952–2001)"
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1952-03-11"
deathDate: "2001-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-category-fill