# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philip-kerr
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:37:22.927Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philip-kerr"
name: "Philip Kerr"
slug: "philip-kerr"
description: "Philip Ballantyne Kerr was a Scottish author, best known for his Bernie Gunther series of historical detective thrillers."
tagline: "British novelist (1956–2018)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Philip_Kerr_2014.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1956-02-22"
deathDate: "2018-03-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.34
  momentum:             0
  historical:           23.124288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0449779/"
    handle:    "nm0449779"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.philipkerr.org"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "フィリップ・カー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "필립 커"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Керр, Филип (писатель)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Philip Kerr"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Philip_Kerr"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/27490239-850a-4066-9334-86705789de9e"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q556815"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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