# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-harbin
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:17:14.851Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-harbin"
name: "Robert Harbin"
slug: "robert-harbin"
description: "Robert Harbin was a South African-born magician and author. He is noted as the inventor of a number of classic illusions, including the Zig Zag Girl. He also became an authority on origami."
tagline: "British magician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Robert_Harbin_magician.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1909-02-14"
deathDate: "1978-01-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.52
  momentum:             4.355670103092784
  historical:           5.682866666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1740822/"
    handle:    "nm1740822"
sources:
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harbin"
    title: "Robert Harbin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harbin"
    title: "Robert Harbin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harbin"
    title: "Robert Harbin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%98_%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9F"
    title: "רוברט הארבין"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Harbin"
    title: "Robert Harbin"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2906219"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1325391"
    title: "Robert Harbin"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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