# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-bywater
# Generated: 2026-08-13T10:31:04.959Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-bywater"
name: "Michael Bywater"
slug: "michael-bywater"
description: "Michael Bywater was a British writer, columnist, cultural critic and broadcaster. He contributed to publications including The Times, The Independent on Sunday, The Observer, and numerous other newspapers & magazines."
tagline: "British writer and broadcaster"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Michael_Bywater.jpg/330px-Michael_Bywater.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1953-05-11"
deathDate: "2025-08-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.64
  momentum:             0
  historical:           2.212492
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     20
  profileCompleteness:  61
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0126507/"
    handle:    "nm0126507"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bywater"
    title: "Michael Bywater"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6828999"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2942938"
    title: "Michael Bywater"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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