# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-garfield
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:24:16.537Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-garfield"
name: "Richard Garfield"
slug: "richard-garfield"
description: "Richard Channing Garfield is an American mathematician, inventor, and game designer. Garfield created Magic: The Gathering, which is considered to be the first collectible card game (CCG). Magic debuted in 1993, and its success spawned many imitations."
tagline: "American game designer"
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country:
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birthDate: "1963-06-26"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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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