# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sylvester-weaver-q3247520
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:47:15.082Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sylvester-weaver-q3247520"
name: "Sylvester Weaver"
slug: "sylvester-weaver-q3247520"
description: "Sylvester Laflin \"Pat\" Weaver Jr. was an American broadcasting executive who was president of NBC between 1953 and 1955. He has been credited with reshaping the format and philosophy of commercial broadcasting as radio gave way to television as America's dominant home entertainment medium. Actress Sigourney Weaver is his daughter."
tagline: "American television executive (1908–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sigourney_Weaver_with_her_father_Pat_Weaver_1989.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1908-12-21"
deathDate: "2002-03-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.58
  momentum:             0.2000254809529876
  historical:           10.35488266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0915961/"
    handle:    "nm0915961"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c232013b-9aa6-4ae0-ace0-ca21a0b1e225"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1_(%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A8_%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%88)"
    title: "سيلفستر ويفر (كاتب سيناريو)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%81%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%B1"
    title: "سيلفستر ويفر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Laflin_Weaver_junior"
    title: "Sylvester Laflin Weaver junior"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Weaver"
    title: "Pat Weaver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Weaver_(ejecutivo)"
    title: "Sylvester Weaver (ejecutivo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Weaver"
    title: "Sylvester Weaver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%91%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC"
    title: "パット・ウィーバー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester_Weaver"
    title: "Sylvester Weaver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%80%2C_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80"
    title: "Уивер, Сильвестр"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat_Weaver"
    title: "Pat Weaver"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3247520"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1226937"
    title: "Sylvester Weaver"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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