# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/walter-lord
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:02:45.790Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/walter-lord"
name: "Walter Lord"
slug: "walter-lord"
description: "John Walter Lord Jr. was an American author, lawyer, copywriter and popular historian known for his 1955 account of the sinking of the Titanic, A Night to Remember."
tagline: "American author (1917–2002)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6c/Walter_Lord.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1917-10-08"
deathDate: "2002-05-19"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.54
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.668904
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0520520/"
    handle:    "nm0520520"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1022216"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF"
    title: "والتر لورد"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1_%D9%84%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AF_(%D9%85%D8%A4%D8%B1%D8%AE_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7)"
    title: "والتر لورد (مؤرخ من امريكا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%8A%D1%80_%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4"
    title: "Уолтър Лорд"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Лорд Уолтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lord"
    title: "Walter Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lord"
    title: "Walter Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lord"
    title: "Walter Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lord"
    title: "Walter Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lord"
    title: "Walter Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lord"
    title: "Walter Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%B8%D5%AC%D5%BF%D5%A5%D6%80_%D4%BC%D5%B8%D6%80%D5%A4"
    title: "Ուոլտեր Լորդ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lord"
    title: "Walter Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lord"
    title: "Walter Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%2C_%D0%A3%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Лорд, Уолтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lord"
    title: "Walter Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Lord"
    title: "Walter Lord"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walter_Lord"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a86536a4-c3f4-40ce-a2f0-467b3aa61e5d"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713788"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/67678"
    title: "Walter Lord"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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