# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ian-watson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:15:31.345Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ian-watson"
name: "Ian Watson"
slug: "ian-watson"
description: "Ian Watson was a British science fiction writer who lived in Gijón, Spain."
tagline: "British science fiction writer (born 1943)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ian_Watson_Worldcon_75_in_Helsinki_2017_135_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-04-20"
deathDate: "2026-04-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.89
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.48870933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0914668/"
    handle:    "nm0914668"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ianwatson.info"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "إيان واطسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "يان واتسون (كاتب)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Watson_(Autor)"
    title: "Ian Watson (Autor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Watson_(author)"
    title: "Ian Watson (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Watson_(escritor)"
    title: "Ian Watson (escritor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Watson_(idazlea)"
    title: "Ian Watson (idazlea)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Watson"
    title: "Ian Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Watson"
    title: "Ian Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%90%D7%9F_%D7%95%D7%95%D7%98%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%9F"
    title: "איאן ווטסון"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ian Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9%E3%83%B3"
    title: "イアン・ワトスン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Watson_(schrijver)"
    title: "Ian Watson (schrijver)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Watson"
    title: "Ian Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Watson"
    title: "Ian Watson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Watson_(lautan)"
    title: "Ian Watson (lautan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1402392"
    title: "Ian Watson"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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