# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/guy-lyon-playfair
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:50:17.463Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/guy-lyon-playfair"
name: "Guy Lyon Playfair"
slug: "guy-lyon-playfair"
description: "Guy Lyon Playfair was a British writer, best known for his books about parapsychology and his investigation of the Enfield poltergeist."
tagline: "British parapsychologist (1935–2018)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1935-04-05"
deathDate: "2018-04-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.04
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.170809333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1994090/"
    handle:    "nm1994090"
sources:
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    title: "گائے لیون پلے فیئر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جوى ليون پلايفاير"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Lyon_Playfair"
    title: "Guy Lyon Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Lyon_Playfair"
    title: "Guy Lyon Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Lyon_Playfair"
    title: "Guy Lyon Playfair"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%84%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Гай Лайон Плейфер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5622437"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4354918"
    title: "Guy Lyon Playfair"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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