# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jane-mcgonigal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:45:23.307Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jane-mcgonigal"
name: "Jane McGonigal"
slug: "jane-mcgonigal"
description: "Jane McGonigal is an American author, game designer, and researcher. McGonigal is known for her game Jane the Concussion Slayer and her role as Director of Game Research and Development at Institute for the Future."
tagline: "American game designer and author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jane_McGonigal_Meet_the_Media_Guru_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1977-10-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           57.06
  momentum:             1.239669421487603
  historical:           11.17332933333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 388
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/avantgame"
    handle:    "avantgame"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/jane.mcgonigal"
    handle:    "jane.mcgonigal"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jane-mcgonigal-90a0b836/"
    handle:    "jane-mcgonigal-90a0b836"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.janemcgonigal.com"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC28TgSIeSUl2aK3pBBBx6GQ"
    handle:    "@concussionslayer"
    followers: 388
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/1c3b3969-b815-4f84-a48a-5405a8e57c30"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "چان مكجونيجال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_McGonigal"
    title: "Jane McGonigal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_McGonigal"
    title: "Jane McGonigal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_McGonigal"
    title: "Jane McGonigal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_McGonigal"
    title: "Jane McGonigal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_McGonigal"
    title: "Jane McGonigal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_McGonigal"
    title: "Jane McGonigal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%92%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%92%D7%9C"
    title: "ג'יין מקגוניגל"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B4%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AC%E3%83%AB"
    title: "ジェイン・マクゴニガル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_McGonigal"
    title: "Jane McGonigal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_McGonigal"
    title: "Jane McGonigal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BD_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%BA%D2%91%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%96%D2%91%D0%B0%D0%BB"
    title: "Джейн Макґоніґал"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2699296"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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