# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/glenn-o-brien
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:06:56.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/glenn-o-brien"
name: "Glenn O'Brien"
slug: "glenn-o-brien"
description: "Glenn O'Brien was an American writer who focused largely on the subjects of art, music, and fashion. He was featured for many years as \"The Style Guy\" in GQ magazine and published a book with that title. He worked as a writer and editor at a number of publications, including Rolling Stone, Playboy, Interview, High Times, Spin, and Details. He also published the arts and literature magazine Bald Ego from 2003 to 2005."
tagline: "American writer (1947-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Glenn_O'Brien_8834.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1947-03-02"
deathDate: "2017-04-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.73
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.305510666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0639572/"
    handle:    "nm0639572"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1690573"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "غلين أوبراين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جلين اوبراين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_O'Brien"
    title: "Glenn O'Brien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_O'Brien"
    title: "Glenn O'Brien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_O'Brien"
    title: "Glenn O'Brien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn_O'Brien"
    title: "Glenn O'Brien"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/fc61a625-ec4f-45df-83b3-aa6dfd409e2a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5569032"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1319315"
    title: "Glenn O'Brien"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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