# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-tenn
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:55:22.127Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-tenn"
name: "William Tenn"
slug: "william-tenn"
description: "William Tenn was the pseudonym of Philip Klass, a British-born American science fiction author, notable for many stories with satirical elements."
tagline: "British-American science fiction author (1920–2010)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William.Tenn.2002.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1920-05-09"
deathDate: "2010-02-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.06
  momentum:             0.4128440366972478
  historical:           17.76562533333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0855034/"
    handle:    "nm0855034"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://dpsinfo.com/williamtenn/"
sources:
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "وليام تين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "وليام تين"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уилям Тен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Tenn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tenn"
    title: "William Tenn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tenn"
    title: "William Tenn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tenn"
    title: "William Tenn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tenn"
    title: "William Tenn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tenn"
    title: "William Tenn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ויליאם טן"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "William Tenn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tenn"
    title: "William Tenn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tenn"
    title: "William Tenn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tenn"
    title: "William Tenn"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Уильям Тенн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Вільям Тенн"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
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    title: "William Tenn"
    type:  "DATABASE"

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