# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jerry-siegel
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:47:03.354Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jerry-siegel"
name: "Jerry Siegel"
slug: "jerry-siegel"
description: "Jerome \"Jerry\" Siegel was an American comic book writer. He was the co-creator of Superman, in collaboration with his friend Joe Shuster, published by DC Comics. They also created Doctor Occult, who was later featured in The Books of Magic. Siegel and Shuster were inducted into the comic book industry's Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1993. With Bernard Baily, Siegel also co-created the long-running DC character The Spectre. Siegel created ten of the earliest members of the Legion of Super-Heroes, one of DC's most popular team books, which is set in the 30th Century. Siegel also used pseudonyms including Joe Carter and Jerry Ess."
tagline: "American co-creator of Superman"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jerry_Siegel_(1976)_retouched.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1914-10-17"
deathDate: "1996-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.43
  momentum:             0.1942827238830379
  historical:           23.22769066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0796950/"
    handle:    "nm0796950"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump