# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/fred-allen
# Generated: 2026-08-12T21:46:52.507Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/fred-allen"
name: "Fred Allen"
slug: "fred-allen"
description: "John Florence Sullivan, known professionally as Fred Allen, was an American comedian. His absurdist, topically pointed radio program The Fred Allen Show (1932–1949) made him one of the most popular and forward-looking humorists in the Golden Age of American radio."
tagline: "American comedian (1894–1956)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Fred_allen_1940s_NBC_photo.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1894-05-31"
deathDate: "1956-03-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             5.293123750972942
  historical:           22.618664
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0020521"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump