# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-leonard
# Generated: 2026-08-13T22:30:00.752Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugh-leonard"
name: "Hugh Leonard"
slug: "hugh-leonard"
description: "Hugh Leonard was an Irish playwright and author. In a career that spanned 50 years, he wrote nearly 30 full-length plays, 10 one-act plays, three volumes of essay, two autobiographies, three novels, numerous screenplays and teleplays, and a regular newspaper column."
tagline: "Irish writer (1926–2009)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hugh_Leonard%2C_Playwright%2C_2004.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1926-11-09"
deathDate: "2009-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.418864
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0502643/"
    handle:    "nm0502643"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Leonard"
    title: "Hugh Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "هيو ليونارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "هيو ليونارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "هیو لئونارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Leonard"
    title: "Hugh Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Leonard"
    title: "Hugh Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Leonard"
    title: "Hugh Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A7%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9B%CE%AD%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BD%CF%84"
    title: "Χιου Λέοναρντ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Leonard"
    title: "Hugh Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%DB%8C%D9%88_%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "هیو لئونارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Leonard"
    title: "Hugh Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Leonard"
    title: "Hugh Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Leonard"
    title: "Hugh Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Leonard"
    title: "Hugh Leonard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1634447"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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