# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/robert-james-waller
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:50:36.513Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/robert-james-waller"
name: "Robert James Waller"
slug: "robert-james-waller"
description: "Robert James Waller was an American author best known for The Bridges of Madison County. He was also a professor, photographer, and musician."
tagline: "American writer (1939-2017)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/70/Robert_James_Waller.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-08-01"
deathDate: "2017-03-10"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           22.63456533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Robert James Waller"
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    title: "Robert James Waller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert James Waller"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Robert James Waller"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump