# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jim-baen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:47:03.271Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jim-baen"
name: "Jim Baen"
slug: "jim-baen"
description: "James Patrick Baen was a U.S. science fiction publisher and editor. In 1983, he founded his own publishing house, Baen Books, specializing in the adventure, fantasy, military science fiction, and space opera genres. Baen also founded the video game publisher Baen Software. In late 1999, he started an electronic publishing business called Webscriptions, which is considered to be the first profitable e-book vendor."
tagline: "American publisher and editor (1943-2006)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e8/Jimbaen.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1943-10-22"
deathDate: "2006-06-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.83
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.880454666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9760588/"
    handle:    "nm9760588"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%94%D0%BD"
    title: "Джим Баєн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جيم باين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%85_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جيم باين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Baen"
    title: "Jim Baen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Baen"
    title: "Jim Baen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Baen"
    title: "Jim Baen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Baen"
    title: "Jim Baen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Baen"
    title: "Jim Baen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7510491"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222476"
    title: "Jim Baen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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