# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tom-eyen
# Generated: 2026-08-13T03:03:05.058Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tom-eyen"
name: "Tom Eyen"
slug: "tom-eyen"
description: "Tom Eyen was an American playwright, lyricist, television writer and director. He received a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical for Dreamgirls in 1981."
tagline: "American writer (1940-1991)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tom_Eyen_1986.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1940-08-14"
deathDate: "1991-05-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.96
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.358749333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0264132/"
    handle:    "nm0264132"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/705310"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%A2%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "توم آين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D9%86"
    title: "توم اين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Eyen"
    title: "Tom Eyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Eyen"
    title: "Tom Eyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Eyen"
    title: "Tom Eyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Eyen"
    title: "Tom Eyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Eyen"
    title: "Tom Eyen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f2c8247a-f3d1-4940-a40c-bacc1caf24c8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3530721"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15558"
    title: "Tom Eyen"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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