# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/irwin-schiff
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:50:50.702Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/irwin-schiff"
name: "Irwin Schiff"
slug: "irwin-schiff"
description: "Irwin Allen Schiff was an American tax protester and libertarian known for writing and promoting literature in which he advocated tax resistance and argued that the way in which the U.S. income taxt is enforced upon individuals, as a tax on one's time or wages, is illegal and unconstitutional. Schiff also operated an office in Las Vegas, where he provided personalized tax counseling to his clients."
tagline: "American activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IrwinSchiffTaxResistor.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1928-02-24"
deathDate: "2015-10-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.93
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.720558666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 248
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2181671/"
    handle:    "nm2181671"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.paynoincometax.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Irwin Schiff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Schiff"
    title: "Irwin Schiff"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irwin_Schiff"
    title: "Irwin Schiff"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%81"
    title: "ارون شیف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "اروین شیف"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A3"
    title: "אירווין שיף"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6320743"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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