# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/thomas-mcguane
# Generated: 2026-09-07T18:56:45.250Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/thomas-mcguane"
name: "Thomas McGuane"
slug: "thomas-mcguane"
description: "Thomas Francis McGuane III is an American writer. His work includes ten novels, short fiction and screenplays, as well as three collections of essays devoted to his life in the outdoors. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the NCHA Members Hall of Fame and the Fly Fishing Hall of Fame. McGuane's papers, manuscripts, and correspondence are located in the Montana State University Archives and Special Collections and are available for research use. In 2023, he was given the first Award for Excellence in Service to the MSU Library for the advancement of scholarship and access to unique materials."
tagline: "American novelist (born 1939)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Thomas_McGuane_3090008_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1939-12-11"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           49.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           9.200520000000001
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0570078/"
    handle:    "nm0570078"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a71a8589-a370-46dc-9d9a-27bf371f01b7"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "طوماس مكغوين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%85%DA%A9%D9%82%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%86"
    title: "توماس مکقوئن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_McGuane"
    title: "Thomas McGuane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_McGuane"
    title: "Thomas McGuane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%AF%D9%88%D8%A6%D9%86"
    title: "توماس مک‌گوئن"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_McGuane"
    title: "Thomas McGuane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_McGuane"
    title: "Thomas McGuane"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%DA%BE%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B3_%D9%85%DB%8C%DA%A9_%DA%AF%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%86"
    title: "تھامس میک گوین"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Thomas_McGuane"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2265116"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46601"
    title: "Thomas McGuane"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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