# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joe-nickell
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:19:19.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joe-nickell"
name: "Joe Nickell"
slug: "joe-nickell"
description: "Joe Herman Nickell was an American skeptic and investigator of the paranormal."
tagline: "American skeptical investigator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Joe_Nickell_European_Skeptics_Congress_Budapest.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1944-12-01"
deathDate: "2025-03-04"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           10.57405466666667
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm3255891"
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    url:       "http://www.joenickell.com/"
sources:
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    title: "جو نکل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Nickell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Joe Nickell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Nickell"
    title: "Joe Nickell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Nickell"
    title: "Joe Nickell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Nickell"
    title: "Joe Nickell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Nickell"
    title: "Joe Nickell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Nickell"
    title: "Joe Nickell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Nickell"
    title: "Joe Nickell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Nickell"
    title: "Joe Nickell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Nickell"
    title: "Joe Nickell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Nickell"
    title: "Joe Nickell"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump