# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/patrick-mcdonnell
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:28:19.807Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/patrick-mcdonnell"
name: "Patrick McDonnell"
slug: "patrick-mcdonnell"
description: "Patrick McDonnell is a cartoonist, author, and playwright. He is the creator of the daily comic strip Mutts, which follows the adventures of a dog and a cat, that has been syndicated since 1994. Prior to creating Mutts, he was a prolific magazine illustrator, and would frequently include a dog in the backgrounds of his drawings."
tagline: "American illustrator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/10.14.12PatrickMcDonnellByLuigiNovi.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1956-03-17"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.39
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.76051333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3769515/"
    handle:    "nm3769515"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "باتريك ماكدونل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "باتريك ماكدونل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McDonnell"
    title: "Patrick McDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McDonnell"
    title: "Patrick McDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McDonnell"
    title: "Patrick McDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McDonnell"
    title: "Patrick McDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McDonnell"
    title: "Patrick McDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McDonnell"
    title: "Patrick McDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Patrick McDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McDonnell"
    title: "Patrick McDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_McDonnell"
    title: "Patrick McDonnell"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%8C%D9%B9%D8%B1%DA%A9_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9%DA%88%D9%88%D9%86%D9%84"
    title: "پیٹرک میکڈونل"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1382202"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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