# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-steig
# Generated: 2026-09-02T09:18:23.196Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-steig"
name: "William Steig"
slug: "william-steig"
description: "William Steig was an American cartoonist, illustrator, and children's book author best known for his picture book Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name. Steig was a prolific contributor of both cartoons and cover illustrations for The New Yorker magazine, and he developed a style of less humorous line drawings that became common on greeting cards as well as in his several published collections."
tagline: "American cartoonist, children's illustrator and writer (1907–2003)"
image: "https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/1tIgpPL0wyOEANwn1JvODLuIaCM.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1907-11-14"
deathDate: "2003-10-03"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           23.41224133333333
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  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
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