# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/marianne-thamm
# Generated: 2026-09-02T05:13:07.877Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/marianne-thamm"
name: "Marianne Thamm"
slug: "marianne-thamm"
description: "Marianne Thamm is a South African journalist, author and stand-up comedian. She is the assistant editor of the Daily Maverick and has written several books. In 2016, she released the memoir, Hitler, Verwoerd, Mandela and me."
tagline: "South African writer"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1961-03-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.89
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.752557333333334
  currentAttention:     100
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Thamm"
    title: "Marianne Thamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Thamm"
    title: "Marianne Thamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ماريان ثام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85"
    title: "ماريان تام"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Thamm"
    title: "Marianne Thamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Thamm"
    title: "Marianne Thamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne_Thamm"
    title: "Marianne Thamm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q59654494"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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