# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/winsor-mccay
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:02:06.781Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/winsor-mccay"
name: "Winsor McCay"
slug: "winsor-mccay"
description: "Zenas Winsor McCay was an American cartoonist and animator. He is best known for the comic strip Little Nemo and the animated film Gertie the Dinosaur (1914). For contractual reasons, he worked under the pen name Silas on the comic strip Dream of the Rarebit Fiend."
tagline: "American cartoonist and animator"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Winsor_McCay.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1869-09-26"
deathDate: "1934-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump