# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/forrest-j-ackerman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:33:30.535Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/forrest-j-ackerman"
name: "Forrest J Ackerman"
slug: "forrest-j-ackerman"
description: "Forrest James Ackerman was an American magazine editor; science fiction writer, and literary agent; a founder of science fiction fandom; a leading expert on science fiction, horror, and fantasy films; a prominent advocate of the Esperanto language; and one of the world's most avid collectors of genre books and film memorabilia. He was based in Los Angeles, California."
tagline: "American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia (1916-2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Forrest_J_Ackerman_at_the_Ackermansion.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-11-24"
deathDate: "2008-12-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             4.094594594594594
  historical:           18.519016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0009969/"
    handle:    "nm0009969"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump