# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-alvin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:31:47.886Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-alvin"
name: "John Alvin"
slug: "john-alvin"
description: "John Henry Alvin was an American cinematic artist and painter who illustrated many movie posters. Alvin created posters and key art for more than 135 films, beginning with the poster for Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles (1974). His style of art became known as Alvinesque by friends and colleagues in the entertainment industry."
tagline: "American cinematic artist and painter (1948–2008)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Cropped_Photo_of_John_Alvin.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1948-11-24"
deathDate: "2008-02-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.71
  momentum:             0.3204577968526466
  historical:           8.463185333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0023570/"
    handle:    "nm0023570"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2274347"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جون آلفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A2%D9%84%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "جون آلفين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alvin"
    title: "John Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alvin"
    title: "John Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alvin"
    title: "John Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alvin_(artiste)"
    title: "John Alvin (artiste)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Alvin"
    title: "John Alvin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AD%D0%BB%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%BD%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Элвин, Джон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ab3a5cac-9435-41a4-ad6e-f5d86a7fb03b"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4355965"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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