# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mattie-stepanek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T05:56:25.722Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mattie-stepanek"
name: "Mattie Stepanek"
slug: "mattie-stepanek"
description: "Matthew Joseph Thaddeus Stepanek, known as Mattie J.T. Stepanek, was an American author and motivational speaker. He published seven books of poetry and essays on peace, several of which appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list before his death at the age of 13. He wanted to be remembered as \"a poet, a peacemaker, and a philosopher who played.\""
tagline: "American writer (1990–2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mattie_Stepanek.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1990-07-17"
deathDate: "2004-06-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.08
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.79957333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ماتى ستيپانيك"
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    title: "Mattie Stepanek"
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    title: "Mattie Stepanek"
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  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattie_Stepanek"
    title: "Mattie Stepanek"
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    title: "マティ・ステパネク"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattie_Stepanek"
    title: "Mattie Stepanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattie_Stepanek"
    title: "Mattie Stepanek"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattie_Stepanek"
    title: "Mattie Stepanek"
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    title: "Mattie Stepanek"
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  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/def5bc18-ccfe-48fb-9c19-305fc4e908d3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump