# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/josh-kirby
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:44:54.182Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/josh-kirby"
name: "Josh Kirby"
slug: "josh-kirby"
description: "Ronald William \"Josh\" Kirby was a British commercial artist. Over a career spanning 60 years, he was the artist for the covers of many science fiction books including Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels."
tagline: "British writer and illustrator (1928–2001)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9d/Josh_Kirby.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1928-11-27"
deathDate: "2001-10-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.6
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.590969333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2146355"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%88_%D0%9A%D1%8A%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B8"
    title: "Джош Кърби"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Kirby"
    title: "Josh Kirby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Kirby"
    title: "Josh Kirby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Kirby"
    title: "Josh Kirby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Kirby"
    title: "Josh Kirby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Kirby"
    title: "Josh Kirby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%93%E3%82%A3"
    title: "ジョシュ・カービィ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Kirby"
    title: "Josh Kirby"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/35d89ada-4ea0-4a64-85c3-2847f5dfce81"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1591585"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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