# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/norma-mccorvey
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:03:31.045Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/norma-mccorvey"
name: "Norma McCorvey"
slug: "norma-mccorvey"
description: "Norma Leah Nelson McCorvey, also known by the pseudonym Jane Roe, was the plaintiff in the landmark 1973 American legal case Roe v. Wade in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that individual state laws banning abortion were unconstitutional."
tagline: "Plaintiff in Roe v. Wade (1947–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Norma_McCorvey_(Jane_Roe)_onthe_steps_of_the_Supreme_Court%2C_1989_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-09-22"
deathDate: "2017-02-18"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           56.13
  momentum:             15
  historical:           19.75383866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 243
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1203493/"
    handle:    "nm1203493"
sources:
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    title: "诺玛·麦考维"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "نورما ماكورفي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Norma McCorvey"
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    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "נורמה מקורווי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ノーマ・マコービー"
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    title: "노마 매코비"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "നോർമ മക്കോർവി"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_McCorvey"
    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_McCorvey"
    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_McCorvey"
    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma_McCorvey"
    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "نورما میک کوروی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3273384"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2645292"
    title: "Norma McCorvey"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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