# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/paul-merton
# Generated: 2026-08-14T00:07:53.414Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/paul-merton"
name: "Paul Merton"
slug: "paul-merton"
description: "Paul James Martin, known by the stage name Paul Merton, is an English comedian who is best known as one of the two regular panellists on the television show Have I Got News for You."
tagline: "British comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Paulmerton.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Comedians"
  slug: "comedians"
profileType:
  name: "Comedian"
  slug: "comedian"
birthDate: "1957-07-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.95
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.741816
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0581615/"
    handle:    "nm0581615"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A)"
    title: "بول ميرتن (ممثل كوميدي)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%84_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%86_(%D9%85%D9%85%D8%AB%D9%84)"
    title: "بول مارتن (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merton"
    title: "Paul Merton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merton"
    title: "Paul Merton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merton"
    title: "Paul Merton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merton"
    title: "Paul Merton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merton"
    title: "Paul Merton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merton"
    title: "Paul Merton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Merton"
    title: "Paul Merton"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q786637"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1631726"
    title: "Paul Merton"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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