# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/simon-forman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:45:47.321Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/simon-forman"
name: "Simon Forman"
slug: "simon-forman"
description: "Simon Forman was an Elizabethan astrologer, occultist and herbalist active in London during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and James I of England. His reputation, however, was severely tarnished after his death when he was implicated in the plot to kill Thomas Overbury. Astrologers continued to revere him, while writers from Ben Jonson to Nathaniel Hawthorne came to characterize him as either a fool or an evil magician in league with the Devil."
tagline: "English astrologer, occultist and herbalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Simon_Forman_-_c._1611.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1552-12-31"
deathDate: "1611-09-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.02
  momentum:             15
  historical:           7.420088000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%A4%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Саймон Форман"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Forman"
    title: "Simon Forman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Forman"
    title: "Simon Forman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Forman"
    title: "Simon Forman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Forman"
    title: "Simon Forman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3"
    title: "サイモン・フォアマン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Forman"
    title: "Simon Forman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Forman"
    title: "Simon Forman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3437136"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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