# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ray-nelson
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:04:40.794Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ray-nelson"
name: "Ray Nelson"
slug: "ray-nelson"
description: "Radell Faraday Nelson was an American science fiction author and cartoonist most notable for his 1963 short story \"Eight O'Clock in the Morning\", which was later used by John Carpenter as the basis for his 1988 film They Live."
tagline: "American writer (1931-2022)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b6/Ray_Nelson_%28author%29.jpeg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-10-03"
deathDate: "2022-11-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.44
  momentum:             1.426599171652094
  historical:           11.42272133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0625688/"
    handle:    "nm0625688"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://raynelson.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/bf807b4c-0023-40f7-ad2e-13915bc79791"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "راي نيلسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nelson"
    title: "Ray Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nelson_(author)"
    title: "Ray Nelson (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Faraday_Nelson"
    title: "Ray Faraday Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nelson"
    title: "Ray Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nelson_(scrittore)"
    title: "Ray Nelson (scrittore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nelson"
    title: "Ray Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nelson"
    title: "Ray Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Nelson"
    title: "Ray Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D1%8D%D0%B9_(%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C)"
    title: "Нельсон, Рэй (писатель)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radell_Faraday_Nelson"
    title: "Radell Faraday Nelson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Рей Нельсон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2324126"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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