# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-waldo-demara
# Generated: 2026-08-15T09:27:58.784Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ferdinand-waldo-demara"
name: "Ferdinand Waldo Demara"
slug: "ferdinand-waldo-demara"
description: "Ferdinand Waldo Demara Jr. was an American impostor. He was the subject of both a book and a movie, loosely based on his exploits: The Great Impostor, in which he was played by Tony Curtis."
tagline: "American imposter"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f7/Ferdinand_Waldo_Demara_Jr.png/330px-Ferdinand_Waldo_Demara_Jr.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1921-12-21"
deathDate: "1982-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.32
  momentum:             10.56638943934026
  historical:           9.046744
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0218075/"
    handle:    "nm0218075"
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Valdo_Demara"
    title: "Ferdinand Valdo Demara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%BE"
    title: "Демара, Фердинанд Уолдо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Waldo_Demara"
    title: "Ferdinand Waldo Demara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Demara"
    title: "Ferdinand Demara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Demara"
    title: "Ferdinand Demara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Waldo_Demara"
    title: "Ferdinand Waldo Demara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%A4_%D5%88%D6%82%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%A4%D5%B8_%D4%B4%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1"
    title: "Ֆերդինանդ Ուոլդո Դեմարա"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Waldo_Demara"
    title: "Ferdinand Waldo Demara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%2C_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B4%D0%BE"
    title: "Демара, Фердинанд Уолдо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Waldo_Demara"
    title: "Ferdinand Waldo Demara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Waldo_Demara"
    title: "Ferdinand Waldo Demara"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5443923"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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