# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erin-mckean
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:21:01.609Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erin-mckean"
name: "Erin McKean"
slug: "erin-mckean"
description: "Erin McKean is an American lexicographer and journalist. She has been employed as a lexicographer by Oxford University Press and her books include Weird and Wonderful Words."
tagline: "American lexicographer and dictionary editor"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Erin_McKean.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1971"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           40.91
  momentum:             8.973863973863974
  historical:           5.473254666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_McKean"
    title: "Erin McKean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ارين مكيان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_McKean"
    title: "Erin McKean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Маккин, Эрин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%8F%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF%E0%A8%A8_%E0%A8%AE%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%95%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%A8"
    title: "ਏਰਿਨ ਮੈਕਕੀਨ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_McKean"
    title: "Erin McKean"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2559665"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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