# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shelby-foote
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:16:08.688Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shelby-foote"
name: "Shelby Foote"
slug: "shelby-foote"
description: "Shelby Dade Foote Jr. was an American writer and journalist. Although he primarily viewed himself as a novelist, he is now best known for his authorship of The Civil War: A Narrative, a three-volume history of the American Civil War."
tagline: "American novelist, historian (1916-2005)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Shelby_Foote.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1916-11-17"
deathDate: "2005-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           14.31224
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0285231"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
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    title: "Shelby Foote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shelby Foote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shelby Foote"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Shelby Foote"
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    title: "Shelby Foote"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump