# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/herbert-asbury
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:25:31.302Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/herbert-asbury"
name: "Herbert Asbury"
slug: "herbert-asbury"
description: "Herbert Asbury was an American journalist and writer best known for his books detailing crime during the 19th and early-20th centuries, such as Gem of the Prairie: An Informal History of the Chicago Underworld, The Barbary Coast: An Informal History of the San Francisco Underworld, Sucker's Progress: An Informal History of Gambling in America and The Gangs of New York."
tagline: "American journalist (1889–1963)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1889-09-01"
deathDate: "1963-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.71
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.040319999999999
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0038428/"
    handle:    "nm0038428"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%81%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%B9_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B3%D8%A8%D8%B1%DB%8C"
    title: "ہربرٹ ایسبری"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%A3%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%8A"
    title: "هربرت أسبيري"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هربرت اسبيرى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Asbury"
    title: "Herbert Asbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Asbury"
    title: "Herbert Asbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Asbury"
    title: "Herbert Asbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Asbury"
    title: "Herbert Asbury"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3182406"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1164019"
    title: "Herbert Asbury"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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