# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-b-allen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:55:09.230Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-b-allen"
name: "Thomas B. Allen"
slug: "thomas-b-allen"
description: "Thomas Benton Allen was an American author and historian. He resided in Bethesda, Maryland. He was also the father of science fiction writer Roger MacBride Allen. Allen was a contributing editor to National Geographic. Allen had co-authored numerous books with Norman Polmar. He had also written numerous mystery novels."
tagline: "American author, historian and lecturer (1929–2018)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-03-20"
deathDate: "2018-12-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.19
  momentum:             1.25
  historical:           5.273938666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021107/"
    handle:    "nm0021107"
sources:
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81_%D0%91._%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8A%D0%BD"
    title: "Томас Б. Алън"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%8A._%D8%A3%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "توماس بي. ألين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%89._%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "توماس بى. الين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_B._Allen_(author)"
    title: "Thomas B. Allen (author)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_B._Allen"
    title: "Thomas B. Allen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7787226"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1409943"
    title: "Thomas B. Allen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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