# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/rick-atkinson
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:07:13.974Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/rick-atkinson"
name: "Rick Atkinson"
slug: "rick-atkinson"
description: "Lawrence Rush \"Rick\" Atkinson IV is an American author and journalist."
tagline: "American author"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/2025_Rick_Atkinson_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1952-11-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.45
  momentum:             5.762559948304322
  historical:           5.01258
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A3%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ريك أتكينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "ريك اتكينسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Atkinson"
    title: "Rick Atkinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Atkinson"
    title: "Rick Atkinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Atkinson"
    title: "Rick Atkinson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7331205"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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