# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/leo-rosten
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:08:10.643Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/leo-rosten"
name: "Leo Rosten"
slug: "leo-rosten"
description: "Leo Calvin Rosten was an American writer and humorist in the fields of scriptwriting, storywriting, journalism, and Yiddish lexicography."
tagline: "Jewish American humorist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Leo_Rosten_1959.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1908-04-11"
deathDate: "1997-02-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.25
  momentum:             2.354948805460751
  historical:           12.98261733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0744576/"
    handle:    "nm0744576"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "ليو روستن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "ليو روستين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Leo Rosten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Rosten"
    title: "Leo Rosten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Rosten"
    title: "Leo Rosten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D8%A6%D9%88_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "لئو روستن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Rosten"
    title: "Leo Rosten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%90%D7%95_%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%9F"
    title: "לאו רוסטן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AC%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%B3"
    title: "レオ・ロステン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Rosten"
    title: "Leo Rosten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leo_Rosten"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leo_Rosten"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://eo.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leo_Rosten"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://fi.wikiquote.org/wiki/Leo_Rosten"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3029344"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/87392"
    title: "Leo Rosten"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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