# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-bliss
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:14:39.753Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-bliss"
name: "Michael Bliss"
slug: "michael-bliss"
description: "John William Michael Bliss was a Canadian historian and author. Though his early works focused on business and political history, he also wrote biographies of physicians Frederick Banting, William Osler and Harvey Cushing. Bliss was a frequent commentator on political events and issues. He was an Officer of the Order of Canada."
tagline: "Canadian historian and author (1941–2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7d/Michael_Bliss.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-01-18"
deathDate: "2017-05-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.475990666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bliss"
    title: "Michael Bliss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ميخائيل بليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "مايكل بليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bliss"
    title: "Michael Bliss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bliss"
    title: "Michael Bliss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%81%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Блисс, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3308043"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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