# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/will-elder
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:42:10.814Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/will-elder"
name: "Will Elder"
slug: "will-elder"
description: "William Elder was an American illustrator and comic book artist who worked in numerous areas of commercial art but is best known for a frantically funny cartoon style that helped launch Harvey Kurtzman's Mad comic book in 1952."
tagline: "American illustrator (1921–2008)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Willelder.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1921-09-22"
deathDate: "2008-05-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.9
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.351477333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Elder"
    title: "Will Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A5%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%AF%D8%B1"
    title: "ويل إيلدر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Elder"
    title: "Will Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Elder"
    title: "Will Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Elder"
    title: "Will Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Elder"
    title: "Will Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Elder"
    title: "Will Elder"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q371897"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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