# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/philip-van-doren-stern
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:40:52.438Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/philip-van-doren-stern"
name: "Philip Van Doren Stern"
slug: "philip-van-doren-stern"
description: "Philip Van Doren Stern was an American writer, editor, and Civil War historian whose story \"The Greatest Gift\", published in 1943, inspired the classic Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life (1946)."
tagline: "American writer and historian (1900–1984)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1900-09-10"
deathDate: "1984-07-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.61
  momentum:             4.833143776526396
  historical:           9.22862
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827821/"
    handle:    "nm0827821"
sources:
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    title: "فلپ وان ڈورن اسٹرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "فيليب فان دورين ستيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86"
    title: "فيليب فان دورين ستيرن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Van_Doren_Stern"
    title: "Philip Van Doren Stern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Van_Doren_Stern"
    title: "Philip Van Doren Stern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Van_Doren_Stern"
    title: "Philip Van Doren Stern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Van_Doren_Stern"
    title: "Philip Van Doren Stern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Van_Doren_Stern"
    title: "Philip Van Doren Stern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%BA_%D5%8E%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D4%B4%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A5%D5%B6_%D5%8D%D5%BF%D5%A5%D6%80%D5%B6"
    title: "Ֆիլիպ Վան Դորեն Ստերն"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Van_Doren_Stern"
    title: "Philip Van Doren Stern"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2085146"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/17760"
    title: "Philip Van Doren Stern"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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