# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lionel-dahmer
# Generated: 2026-09-01T05:54:36.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lionel-dahmer"
name: "Lionel Dahmer"
slug: "lionel-dahmer"
description: "Lionel Herbert Dahmer was an American chemist and author best known for being the father of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer. In 1994, he wrote A Father's Story, a non-fiction account of his son's upbringing as well as Jeffrey’s subsequent serial murders and their aftermath. Lionel has been a controversial figure since his son's crimes came to light, accused along with his first wife of neglecting Jeffrey while he was a child."
tagline: "American chemist and writer; father of Jeffrey Dahmer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fd/Lionel_Dahmer.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1936-07-29"
deathDate: "2023"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           52.46
  momentum:             2.671014492753623
  historical:           7.629496
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1406332/"
    handle:    "nm1406332"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86%D9%84_%DA%88%DB%81%D9%85%D8%B1"
    title: "لیونل ڈہمر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Dahmer"
    title: "Lionel Dahmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Dahmer"
    title: "Lionel Dahmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Dahmer"
    title: "Lionel Dahmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Dahmer"
    title: "Lionel Dahmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Dahmer"
    title: "Lionel Dahmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Dahmer"
    title: "Lionel Dahmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114243235"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3468695"
    title: "Lionel Dahmer"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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