# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/wayne-barlowe
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:57:54.685Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/wayne-barlowe"
name: "Wayne Barlowe"
slug: "wayne-barlowe"
description: "Wayne Douglas Barlowe is an American science fiction and fantasy writer, painter, and concept artist. Barlowe's work focuses on esoteric landscapes and creatures such as citizens of hell and alien worlds. He has painted over 300 books, magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as Life magazine, Time magazine, and Newsweek. His 1979 book Barlowe's Guide to Extraterrestrials was nominated in 1980 for the Hugo Award for Best Related Non-Fiction Book, the first year that award category was awarded. It also won the 1980 Locus Award for Best Art or Illustrated Book. His 1991 speculative evolution book Expedition was nominated for the 1991 Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement."
tagline: "American artist (b. 1958)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1958-01-06"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           46.63
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.393525333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/wayne.barlowe.7"
    handle:    "wayne.barlowe.7"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0055297/"
    handle:    "nm0055297"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.waynebarlowe.com"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barlowe"
    title: "Wayne Barlowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barlowe"
    title: "Wayne Barlowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barlowe"
    title: "Wayne Barlowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%91%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%9C%D7%95"
    title: "ויין בארלו"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%88%D6%82%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%B6_%D4%B2%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%AC%D5%B8%D5%B8%D6%82"
    title: "Ուեյն Բարլոու"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barlowe"
    title: "Wayne Barlowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Barlowe"
    title: "Wayne Barlowe"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A6"
    title: "ウェイン・バロウ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%83%2C_%D0%A3%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%BD"
    title: "Барлоу, Уэйн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2062387"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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