# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/william-wharton
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:47:03.122Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/william-wharton"
name: "William Wharton"
slug: "william-wharton"
description: "Albert William Du Aime, more commonly known by his pen name William Wharton, was an American-born author best known for his first novel Birdy, which was also made into a critically acclaimed film of the same name in 1984."
tagline: "American author and painter (1925-2008)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/William_wharton_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1925-11-07"
deathDate: "2008-10-29"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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