# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thespis
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:03:18.615Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thespis"
name: "Thespis"
slug: "thespis"
description: "Thespis was a stage actor in Ancient Greece. He was born in the ancient city of Icarius. According to certain Ancient Greek sources and especially Aristotle, he was the first human to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play. In other sources, he is said to have introduced the first principal actor in addition to the chorus. He is often called the \"Inventor of Tragedy\". His name is the origin of the word \"thespian\", meaning actor."
tagline: "6th century BCE Greek actor and poet"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Formella_15%2C_il_carro_di_Tespi_(Theatrica)%2C_nino_pisano%2C_1334-1336.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "-600"
deathDate: "-560"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.72
  momentum:             1.192941394774734
  historical:           21.59656
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thespis"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AB%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "ثسبيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tespis"
    title: "Tespis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Теспис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tespis"
    title: "Tespis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespis"
    title: "Thespis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespis"
    title: "Thespis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%98%CE%AD%CF%83%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%82"
    title: "Θέσπις"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespis"
    title: "Thespis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tespiso"
    title: "Tespiso"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tespis"
    title: "Tespis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%B3%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "تسپیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespis"
    title: "Thespis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespis"
    title: "Thespis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tespis"
    title: "Tespis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%A1%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A1"
    title: "תספיס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tespis"
    title: "Tespis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%B9%D5%A5%D5%BD%D5%BA%D5%AB%D5%BD_%D4%BB%D5%AF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AB%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%AB"
    title: "Թեսպիս Իկարիացի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tespi"
    title: "Tespi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%86%E3%82%B9%E3%83%94%E3%82%B9"
    title: "テスピス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%85%8C%EC%8A%A4%ED%94%BC%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "테스피스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%86%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%80%E0%B4%B8%E0%B5%8D"
    title: "തെസ്പീസ്"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tespis"
    title: "Tespis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9spis"
    title: "Téspis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Феспис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thespis"
    title: "Thespis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117176"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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