# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-whelan
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:09:05.575Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-whelan"
name: "Michael Whelan"
slug: "michael-whelan"
description: "Michael Whelan is an American artist of imaginative realism. For more than 30 years, he worked as an illustrator, specializing in science fiction and fantasy cover art. Since the mid-1990s, he has pursued a fine art career, selling non-commissioned paintings through galleries in the United States and through his website."
tagline: "American illustrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michael_Whelan_-_Lucca_2017.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1950-06-29"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.89
  momentum:             0.04398826979472141
  historical:           14.30476
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     85
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/whelanmichael"
    handle:    "whelanmichael"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/theartofmichaelwhelan/"
    handle:    "theartofmichaelwhelan"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/michael.r.whelan.1"
    handle:    "michael.r.whelan.1"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10459715/"
    handle:    "nm10459715"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.michaelwhelan.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2252289"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ميخائيل ويلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%84_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "مايكل ويلان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan_(Maler)"
    title: "Michael Whelan (Maler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan"
    title: "Michael Whelan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan"
    title: "Michael Whelan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan_(yllustrator)"
    title: "Michael Whelan (yllustrator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D6%84%D5%AC_%D5%88%D6%82%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A1%D5%B6"
    title: "Մայքլ Ուելան"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan"
    title: "Michael Whelan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3"
    title: "マイケル・ウィーラン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan"
    title: "Michael Whelan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan"
    title: "Michael Whelan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan"
    title: "Michael Whelan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB"
    title: "Уэлан, Майкл"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Whelan"
    title: "Michael Whelan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BB_%D0%92%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Майкл Велан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2197061"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4374007"
    title: "Michael Whelan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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