# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-buscaglia
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:49:53.137Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-buscaglia"
name: "Leo Buscaglia"
slug: "leo-buscaglia"
description: "Felice Leonardo Buscaglia, also known as \"Dr. Love\", was an American author, motivational speaker, and a professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Southern California."
tagline: "American motivational speaker and writer (1924–1998)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LeoBuscaglia.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1924-03-31"
deathDate: "1998-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.39
  momentum:             6.814988290398126
  historical:           16.60022666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6416738/"
    handle:    "nm6416738"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.buscaglia.com/"
sources:
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leo Buscaglia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Λέο Μπουσκάλια"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leo Buscaglia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leo Buscaglia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "レオ・ブスカーリア"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leo Buscaglia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Бускалья, Лео"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2535504"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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