# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lewis-grizzard
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:16:54.691Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lewis-grizzard"
name: "Lewis Grizzard"
slug: "lewis-grizzard"
description: "Lewis McDonald Grizzard Jr. was an American writer and humorist, known for his Southern demeanor and commentary on the American South. Although he spent his early career as a newspaper sports writer and editor, becoming the sports editor of the Atlanta Journal at age 23, he is much better known for his humorous newspaper columns in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He was also a popular stand-up comedian and lecturer."
tagline: "American journalist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1946-10-20"
deathDate: "1994-03-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.92
  momentum:             4.181574239713775
  historical:           8.047489333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     54.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "لويس غريزارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "لويس جريزارد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Grizzard"
    title: "Lewis Grizzard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Grizzard"
    title: "Lewis Grizzard"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikiquote.org/wiki/Levis_Qrizzard"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%83%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://bs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lewis_Grizzard"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lewis_Grizzard"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://hr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lewis_Grizzard"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6536624"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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