# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/purushottam-laxman-deshpande
# Generated: 2026-08-15T04:49:25.017Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/purushottam-laxman-deshpande"
name: "Purushottam Laxman Deshpande"
slug: "purushottam-laxman-deshpande"
description: "Purushottam Laxman Deshpande was a Marathi writer and humorist from Maharashtra. He was also an accomplished film and stage actor, script writer, author, composer, musician, singer and orator. He was often referred to as \"Maharashtra's beloved personality\"."
tagline: "Marathi writer, humourist, actor, dramatist (1919-2000)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Suresh_Joshi_with_P_L_Deshpandey_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1919-11-08"
deathDate: "2000-06-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             3.591219863260166
  historical:           11.40263866666667
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  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump