# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/martin-waddell
# Generated: 2026-08-14T15:28:03.202Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/martin-waddell"
name: "Martin Waddell"
slug: "martin-waddell"
description: "Martin Waddell is a writer of children's books from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He may be known best for his picture book texts featuring anthropomorphic animals, especially the Little Bear series illustrated by Barbara Firth."
tagline: "Children's writer (born 1941)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-04-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.9917355371900823
  historical:           10.55133333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905322/"
    handle:    "nm0905322"
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "مارتین وادل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Waddell"
    title: "Martin Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Martin Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مارتین وادل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Waddell"
    title: "Martin Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Waddell"
    title: "Martin Waddell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уодделл, Мартин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Waddell"
    title: "Martin Waddell"
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    title: "Мартин Вадделл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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    title: "Martin Waddell"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump