# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tony-ross
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:15:22.134Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tony-ross"
name: "Tony Ross"
slug: "tony-ross"
description: "Anthony Lee Ross is a British author and illustrator of children's picture books. In Britain, he is best known for writing and illustrating his Little Princess books and for illustrating the Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon, both of which have become TV series for Milkshake! and CITV respectively based on his artwork. He also illustrates the works of David Walliams. He has also illustrated the Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger, the Dr. Xargle series by Jeanne Willis, and the Harry The Poisonous Centipede series by Lynne Reid Banks."
tagline: "English illustrator and writer of children's books (born 1938)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tony_Ross_20171207_04.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1938-08-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.77473333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.tonyross.net/"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "تونى روس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ross"
    title: "Tony Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ross"
    title: "Tony Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ross"
    title: "Tony Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ross"
    title: "Tony Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3"
    title: "تونی راس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ross"
    title: "Tony Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ross"
    title: "Tony Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ross"
    title: "Tony Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ross"
    title: "Tony Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ross"
    title: "Tony Ross"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Ross_(lautan)"
    title: "Tony Ross (lautan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48805711"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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