# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/richard-laymon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:41:29.544Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/richard-laymon"
name: "Richard Laymon"
slug: "richard-laymon"
description: "Richard Carl Laymon was an American author of suspense and horror fiction, particularly within the splatterpunk subgenre."
tagline: "American writer (1947-2001)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1947-01-14"
deathDate: "2001-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.71
  momentum:             17.0306062389641
  historical:           10.21383466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3189863/"
    handle:    "nm3189863"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/580757"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ريتشارد ليمون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BC%D1%8A%D0%BD"
    title: "Ричард Леймън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Laymon"
    title: "Richard Laymon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Laymon"
    title: "Richard Laymon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Laymon"
    title: "Richard Laymon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Laymon"
    title: "Richard Laymon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Laymon"
    title: "Richard Laymon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Laymon"
    title: "Richard Laymon"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD%2C_%D0%A0%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Лаймон, Ричард"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%96%D1%87%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%9B%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD"
    title: "Річард Лаймон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q729301"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4409234"
    title: "Richard Laymon"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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