# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/steve-silberman
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:56:39.148Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/steve-silberman"
name: "Steve Silberman"
slug: "steve-silberman"
description: "Stephen Louis Silberman was an American writer for Wired magazine and was an editor and contributor there for more than two decades. In 2010, Silberman was awarded the AAAS \"Kavli Science Journalism Award for Magazine Writing.\" His featured article, known as \"The Placebo Problem\", discussed the impact of placebos on the pharmaceutical industry."
tagline: "American writer and journalist (1957–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Steve_Silberman.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1957-12-23"
deathDate: "2024-08-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.36
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.964293333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/stevesilberman"
    handle:    "stevesilberman"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/steve.silberman/"
    handle:    "steve.silberman"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/steve.silberman"
    handle:    "steve.silberman"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8328712/"
    handle:    "nm8328712"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.stevesilberman.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%DA%A4%D9%89_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "ستيڤى سيلبيرمان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%DB%8C%D9%88_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86"
    title: "استیو سیلبرمن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Silberman"
    title: "Steve Silberman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Silberman"
    title: "Steve Silberman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Silberman"
    title: "Steve Silberman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Silberman"
    title: "Steve Silberman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Silberman"
    title: "Steve Silberman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Silberman"
    title: "Steve Silberman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Silberman"
    title: "Steve Silberman"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7613926"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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