# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jeff-kaplan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:03:26.256Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jeff-kaplan"
name: "Jeff Kaplan"
slug: "jeff-kaplan"
description: "Jeffrey Kaplan is an American video game designer who founded game developer Kintsugiyama and is the game director for their upcoming game The Legend of California. He was formerly vice president of Blizzard Entertainment, a position he held until he left the company in 2021. During his time with Blizzard, he was most known for designing elements of World of Warcraft and was the lead director of Overwatch (2016)."
tagline: "American video game designer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jeff_Kaplan_at_2019_OWL_Grand_Finals.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1972-11-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.33
  momentum:             0
  historical:           13.99062533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Jeff Kaplan"
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    title: "Jeff Kaplan"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump