# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-saunders
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:28:29.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-saunders"
name: "James Saunders"
slug: "james-saunders"
description: "James Saunders was a prolific English playwright born in Islington, London. His early plays led to him being considered one of the leading British exponents of the Theatre of the Absurd."
tagline: "British playwright (1925-2004)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1925-01-08"
deathDate: "2004-01-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.97
  momentum:             0.6167400881057269
  historical:           8.342009333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766833/"
    handle:    "nm0766833"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/15fe65e5-0ccf-4c62-aee1-c07d2f8b2786"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D9%84%D9%81)"
    title: "چيمس ساونديرس (مؤلف)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Saunders_(Schriftsteller)"
    title: "James Saunders (Schriftsteller)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Saunders_(playwright)"
    title: "James Saunders (playwright)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Saunders"
    title: "James Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Saunders_(dramatiker)"
    title: "James Saunders (dramatiker)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Saunders"
    title: "James Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Saunders"
    title: "James Saunders"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Saunders_(dramatavan)"
    title: "James Saunders (dramatavan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1681081"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2405154"
    title: "James Saunders"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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