# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/iain-banks
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:26:33.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/iain-banks"
name: "Iain Banks"
slug: "iain-banks"
description: "Iain Menzies Banks was a Scottish author, writing mainstream fiction as Iain Banks and science fiction as Iain M. Banks. His books have been adapted for theatre, radio, and television. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of the 50 greatest British writers since 1945."
tagline: "Scottish writer (1954–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Iain_Banks_2008.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "GB"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1954-02-16"
deathDate: "2013-06-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           24.724732
  currentAttention:     7.2
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0052169"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.iain-banks.net/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump