# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lewis-b-patten
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:02:54.602Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lewis-b-patten"
name: "Lewis B. Patten"
slug: "lewis-b-patten"
description: "Lewis Byford Patten was a prolific author of American Western novels, born and died in Denver, Colorado. He often published under the names Lewis Ford, Lee Leighton and Joseph Wayne. He used the last two names when writing in collaboration with Wayne D. Overholser."
tagline: "American writer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1915-01-13"
deathDate: "1981-05-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.96
  momentum:             0.3787878787878788
  historical:           6.138265333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     44.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0666083/"
    handle:    "nm0666083"
sources:
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_B._Patten"
    title: "Lewis B. Patten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A._%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%86"
    title: "لويس بي. باتن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_B._Patten"
    title: "Lewis B. Patten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_B._Patten"
    title: "Lewis B. Patten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_B._Patten"
    title: "Lewis B. Patten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ht.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_B._Patten"
    title: "Lewis B. Patten"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6536287"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1121582"
    title: "Lewis B. Patten"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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