# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ernest-j-gaines
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:57:01.369Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ernest-j-gaines"
name: "Ernest J. Gaines"
slug: "ernest-j-gaines"
description: "Ernest James Gaines was an American author. Four of his works were made into television movies."
tagline: "American author (1933–2019)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ernest_l_gaines_9280480.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1933-01-15"
deathDate: "2019-11-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.87
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.39806133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0301318/"
    handle:    "nm0301318"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1713130"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "إرنست جينز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_J._Gaines"
    title: "Ernest J. Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_J._Gaines"
    title: "Ernest J. Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_J._Gaines"
    title: "Ernest J. Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_J._Gaines"
    title: "Ernest J. Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_J._Gaines"
    title: "Ernest J. Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_J._Gaines"
    title: "Ernest J. Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_J._Gaines"
    title: "Ernest J. Gaines"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%B9_%D8%AC%DB%92_%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%B2"
    title: "ارنسٹ جے گینز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ernest_J._Gaines"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ig.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ernest_J._Gaines"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673217"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/227067"
    title: "Ernest J. Gaines"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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