# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hugh-nibley
# Generated: 2026-08-14T11:52:12.803Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hugh-nibley"
name: "Hugh Nibley"
slug: "hugh-nibley"
description: "Hugh Winder Nibley was an American scholar and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who was a professor at Brigham Young University (BYU) for nearly 50 years. He was a prolific author, and wrote apologetic works supporting the archaeological, linguistic, and historical claims of Joseph Smith. He was a member of the LDS Church, and wrote and lectured on LDS scripture and doctrinal topics, publishing many articles in the LDS Church magazines."
tagline: "Religious scholar (1910-2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Nibley_faculty_photo.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1910-03-27"
deathDate: "2005-02-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.1
  momentum:             4.521531100478469
  historical:           7.939422666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BC%91%C2%B7%E5%B0%BC%E5%B8%83%E7%90%86"
    title: "休·尼布理"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%8A%D9%88_%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%89"
    title: "هيو نيبلى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Nibley"
    title: "Hugh Nibley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Nibley"
    title: "Hugh Nibley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Nibley"
    title: "Hugh Nibley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Nibley"
    title: "Hugh Nibley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Nibley"
    title: "Hugh Nibley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Nibley"
    title: "Hugh Nibley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Nibley"
    title: "Hugh Nibley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3311661"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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