# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/scott-cawthon
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:20:15.472Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/scott-cawthon"
name: "Scott Cawthon"
slug: "scott-cawthon"
description: "Scott Braden Cawthon is an American video game developer, writer, and producer. He created Five Nights at Freddy's, a series of horror video games which expanded into a media franchise."
tagline: "Former independent video game developer"
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1978-06-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump