# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/johnny-carson
# Generated: 2026-09-07T16:44:30.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/johnny-carson"
name: "Johnny Carson"
slug: "johnny-carson"
description: "John William Carson was an American television host, comedian, and writer best known as the host of NBC's The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962–1992)."
tagline: "American talk show host and comedian (1925–2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Johnny_Carson_1970.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1925-10-23"
deathDate: "2005-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 229
platforms:
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    url:       "http://www.johnnycarson.com/"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump