# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/edgar-wilson-nye
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:06:22.382Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/edgar-wilson-nye"
name: "Edgar Wilson Nye"
slug: "edgar-wilson-nye"
description: "Edgar Wilson \"Bill\" Nye was an American humorist. He was also the founder and editor of the Laramie Boomerang."
tagline: "American journalist and humorist (1850-1896)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Edgarwbillnye.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1850-08-25"
deathDate: "1896-02-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.11
  momentum:             1.184210526315789
  historical:           5.949857333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "إدغار ويلسون ناي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ادجار ويلسون ناى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wilson_Nye"
    title: "Edgar Wilson Nye"
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  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wilson_Nye"
    title: "Edgar Wilson Nye"
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  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%DB%8C%DA%88%DA%AF%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A6%DB%8C"
    title: "ایڈگر ولسن نائی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edgar_Wilson_Nye"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5337523"
    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump