# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/w-r-burnett
# Generated: 2026-08-14T20:24:14.929Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/w-r-burnett"
name: "W. R. Burnett"
slug: "w-r-burnett"
description: "William Riley Burnett was an American novelist and screenwriter. He is best known for the crime novel Little Caesar, the film adaptation of which is considered the first of the classic American gangster movies."
tagline: "Novelist, screenwriter (1899-1982)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/W._R._Burnett%2C_1935.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1899-11-25"
deathDate: "1982-04-25"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             7.487144014344095
  historical:           14.06012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump