# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-herbert
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:22:29.862Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-herbert"
name: "James Herbert"
slug: "james-herbert"
description: "James John Herbert, OBE was an English horror writer. A full-time writer, he also designed his own book covers and publicity. His books have sold 54 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into 34 languages, including Chinese and Russian."
tagline: "English horror writer (1943-2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Herbert-2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-04-08"
deathDate: "2013-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.31
  momentum:             0
  historical:           19.25624266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0378562/"
    handle:    "nm0378562"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "James Herbert (Autor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جيمس هربرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جیمز هربرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ceyms Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Джеймс Хърбърт"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herbert"
    title: "James Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herbert"
    title: "James Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herbert"
    title: "James Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85%D8%B2_%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%AA"
    title: "جیمز هربرت"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herbert"
    title: "James Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herbert"
    title: "James Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herbert"
    title: "James Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herbert"
    title: "James Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herbert"
    title: "James Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herbert"
    title: "James Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Herbert"
    title: "James Herbert"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81"
    title: "Герберт, Джеймс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%81_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "詹姆斯·赫伯特"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://pl.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Herbert"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1110463"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/551938"
    title: "James Herbert"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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