# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philip-caputo
# Generated: 2026-08-13T01:28:49.900Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philip-caputo"
name: "Philip Caputo"
slug: "philip-caputo"
description: "Philip Joseph Caputo was an American author and journalist. He was best known for A Rumor of War (1977), a best-selling memoir of his experiences during the Vietnam War. Caputo wrote 19 books, including three memoirs, five books of general nonfiction, nine novels, and two books of short stories. His latest was a collection of short stories Wandering Souls: And Other Stories which was published in 2025 by Arcade Publishing."
tagline: "American novelist and journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Phil_Caputo.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1941-06-10"
deathDate: "2026-05-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.62
  momentum:             8.280542986425338
  historical:           7.341552
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0135782/"
    handle:    "nm0135782"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.philipcaputo.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Caputo"
    title: "Philip Caputo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "فيليب كابوتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "فيليب كابوتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Caputo"
    title: "Philip Caputo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Caputo"
    title: "Philip Caputo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Caputo"
    title: "Philip Caputo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Caputo"
    title: "Philip Caputo"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BF_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%82%D0%BE"
    title: "Філіп Капуто"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7183328"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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