# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/peter-benchley
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:00:38.509Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/peter-benchley"
name: "Peter Benchley"
slug: "peter-benchley"
description: "Peter Bradford Benchley was an American author. He is best known for his bestselling novel Jaws and co-wrote its movie adaptation with Carl Gottlieb. Several more of his works were also adapted for both cinema and television, including The Deep, The Island, Beast, and White Shark."
tagline: "American author (1940–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Jaws_(1974)_back_cover_featuring_a_portrait_photograph_of_Peter_Benchley_by_Alex_Gotfryd%2C_first_edition.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-05-08"
deathDate: "2006-02-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             2.531600754779407
  historical:           23.57163333333334
  currentAttention:     5.84
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0001940"
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    url:       "http://www.peterbenchley.com"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Benchley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Benchley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Benchley"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Peter Benchley"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump